miR-143 REGULATED GENES AND PATHWAYS AS TARGETS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

ABSTRACT

The present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying genes or genetic pathways modulated by miR-143, using miR-143 to modulate a gene or gene pathway, using this profile in assessing the condition of a patient and/or treating the patient with an appropriate miRNA.

This application claims Priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/939,573, filed May 22, 2007 and PCT application No. PCT/US07/78859 filed Sep. 19, 2007, each of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

I. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and medicine. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases or conditions that are affected by miR-143 microRNAs, microRNA expression, and genes and cellular pathways directly and indirectly modulated by such.

II. Background

In 2001, several groups used a cloning method to isolate and identify a large group of “microRNAs” (miRNAs) from C. elegans, Drosophila, and humans (Lagos-Quintana et al., 2001; Lau et al., 2001; Lee and Ambros, 2001). Several hundred miRNAs have been identified in plants and animals—including humans—that do not appear to have endogenous siRNAs. Thus, while similar to siRNAs, miRNAs are distinct.

miRNAs thus far observed have been approximately 21-22 nucleotides in length, and they arise from longer precursors transcribed from non-protein-encoding genes. See review of Carrington et al. (2003). The precursors form structures that fold back on themselves in self-complementary regions; they are then processed by the nuclease Dicer (in animals) or DCL1 (in plants) to generate the short double-stranded miRNA. One of the miRNA strands is incorporated into a complex of proteins and miRNA called the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). The miRNA guides the RISC complex to a target mRNA, which is then cleaved or translationally silenced, depending on the degree of sequence complementarity of the miRNA to its target mRNA. Currently, it is believed that perfect or nearly perfect complementarity leads to mRNA degradation, as is most commonly observed in plants. In contrast, imperfect base pairing, as is primarily found in animals, leads to translational silencing. However, recent data suggest additional complexity (Bagga et al., 2005; Lim et al., 2005), and mechanisms of gene silencing by miRNAs remain under intense study.

Recent studies have shown that expression levels of numerous miRNAs are associated with various cancers (reviewed in Esquela-Kerscher and Slack, 2006; Calin and Croce, 2006). miRNAs have also been implicated in regulating cell growth and cell and tissue differentiation—cellular processes that are associated with the development of cancer.

The inventors previously demonstrated that hsa-miR-143 is involved with the regulation of numerous cell activities that represent intervention points for cancer therapy and for therapy of other diseases and disorders (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/141,707 filed May 31, 2005 and Ser. No. 11/273,640 filed Nov. 14, 2005, each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety). Upon evaluation of 24 different human tissues, hsa-miR-143 was found to be preferentially expressed in human prostate and colon tissue samples. The inventors observed that hsa-miR-143 expression is lower in many human cancer tumor samples including lung, colon, breast, bladder, and thyroid tumors, than in normal cells from the same patients. Overexpression of hsa-miR-143 in human leukemia cells (Jurkat) increased proliferation of those cells. The inventors also found hsa-miR-143 to be up-regulated in brain tissues of Alzheimer's patients. Other investigators have also observed that miR-143 is down-regulated in colorectal tumors when compared with matched normal samples (Michael et al., 2003; Akao et al., 2006) and that miR-143 may be involved in the differentiation of human adipocytes (fat storage cells) (Esau et al., 2004).

Bioinformatics analyses suggest that any given miRNA may bind to and alter the expression of up to several hundred different genes. In addition, a single gene may be regulated by several miRNAs. Thus, each miRNA may regulate a complex interaction among genes, gene pathways, and gene networks. Mis-regulation or alteration of these regulatory pathways and networks, involving miRNAs, are likely to contribute to the development of disorders and diseases such as cancer. Although bioinformatics tools are helpful in predicting miRNA binding targets, all have limitations. Because of the imperfect complementarity with their target binding sites, it is difficult to accurately predict the mRNA targets of miRNAs with bioinformatics tools alone. Furthermore, the complicated interactive regulatory networks among miRNAs and target genes make it difficult to accurately predict which genes will actually be mis-regulated in response to a given miRNA.

Correcting gene expression errors by manipulating miRNA expression or by repairing miRNA mis-regulation represent promising methods to repair genetic disorders and cure diseases like cancer. A current, disabling limitation of this approach is that, as mentioned above, the details of the regulatory pathways and networks that are affected by any given miRNA, including miR-143, remain largely unknown. This represents a significant limitation for treatment of cancers in which miR-143 may play a role. A need exists to identify the genes, genetic pathways, and genetic networks that are regulated by or that may regulate hsa-miR-143 expression.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides additional compositions and methods by identifying genes that are direct targets for miR-143 regulation or that are indirect or downstream targets of regulation following the miR-143-mediated modification of another gene(s) expression. Furthermore, the invention describes gene, disease, and/or physiologic pathways and networks influenced by miR-143 and its family members. In certain aspects, compositions of the invention are administered to a subject having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing a metabolic, an immunologic, an infectious, a cardiovascular, a digestive, an endocrine, an ocular, a genitourinary, a blood, a musculoskeletal, a nervous system, a congenital, a respiratory, a skin, or a cancerous disease or condition.

In particular aspects, a subject or patient may be selected for treatment based on expression and/or aberrant expression of one or more miRNA or mRNA. In a further aspect, a subject or patient may be selected for treatment based on aberrations in one or more biologic or physiologic pathway(s), including aberrant expression of one or more gene associated with a pathway, or the aberrant expression of one or more protein encoded by one or more gene associated with a pathway. In still a further aspect, a subject or patient may be selected based on aberrations in miRNA expression, or biologic and/or physiologic pathway(s). A subject may be assessed for sensitivity, resistance, and/or efficacy of a therapy or treatment regime based on the evaluation and/or analysis of miRNA or mRNA expression or lack thereof. A subject may be evaluated for amenability to certain therapy prior to, during, or after administration of one or therapy to a subject or patient. Typically, evaluation or assessment may be done by analysis of miRNA and/or mRNA, as well as combination of other assessment methods that include but are not limited to histology, immunohistochemistry, blood work, etc.

In some embodiments, an infectious disease or condition includes a bacterial, viral, parasite, or fungal infection. Many of these genes and pathways are associated with various cancers and other diseases. Cancerous conditions include, but are not limited to astrocytoma, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, B-cell lymphoma, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, medulloblastoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, oligodendroglioma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, small cell lung carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or testicular tumor wherein the modulation of one or more gene is sufficient for a therapeutic response. Typically, a cancerous condition is an aberrant hyperproliferative condition associated with the uncontrolled growth or inability to undergo cell death, including apoptosis. In certain aspects the cancerous condition is lung carcinoma, such asadenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, or bronchioalveolar carcinoma.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying genes that are direct targets for miR-143 regulation or that are downstream targets of regulation following the miR-143-mediated modification of upstream gene expression. Furthermore, the invention describes gene pathways and networks that are influenced by miR-143 expression in biological samples. Many of these genes and pathways are associated with various cancers and other diseases. The altered expression or function of miR-143 in cells would lead to changes in the expression of these key genes and contribute to the development of disease. Introducing miR-143 (for diseases where the miRNA is down-regulated) or a miR-143 inhibitor (for diseases where the miRNA is up-regulated) into disease cells or tissues would result in a therapeutic response. The identities of key genes that are regulated directly or indirectly by miR-143 and the disease with which they are associated are provided herein. In certain aspects a cell may be an endothelial, a mesothelial, an epithelial, stromal, or mucosal cell. The cell can be, but is not limited to brain, a neuronal, a blood, an esophageal, a lung, a cardiovascular, a liver, a breast, a bone, a thyroid, a glandular, an adrenal, a pancreatic, a stomach, a intestinal, a kidney, a bladder, a prostate, a uterus, an ovarian, a testicular, a splenic, a skin, a smooth muscle, a cardiac muscle, or a striated muscle cell. In certain aspects, the cell, tissue, or target may not be defective in miRNA expression yet may still respond therapeutically to expression or over expression of a miRNA. miR-143 could be used as a therapeutic target for any of these diseases. In certain embodiments miR-143 can be used to modulate the activity of miR-143 in a subject, organ, tissue, or cell.

A cell, tissue, or subject may be a cancer cell, a cancerous tissue, harbor cancerous tissue, or be a subject or patient diagnosed or at risk of developing a disease or condition. In certain aspects a cancer cell is a neuronal, glial, lung, liver, brain, breast, bladder, blood, leukemic, lymphoid, colon, endometrial, stomach, skin, ovarian, fat, bone, cervical, esophageal, pancreatic, prostate, kidney, testicular, intestinal, colorectal, or thyroid cell. In still a further aspect cancer includes, but is not limited to astrocytoma, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, B-cell lymphoma, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, medulloblastoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, oligodendroglioma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, small cell lung carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or testicular tumor

Embodiments of the invention include methods of modulating gene expression, or biologic or physiologic pathways in a cell, a tissue, or a subject comprising administering to the cell, tissue, or subject an amount of an isolated nucleic acid or mimetic thereof comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid, mimetic, or inhibitor in an amount sufficient to modulate the expression of a gene positively or negatively modulated by a miR-143 miRNA. A “miR-143 nucleic acid sequence” or “miR-143 inhibitor” includes the full length precursor of miR-143, or complement thereof, as well as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or more nucleotides of a precursor miRNA or its processed sequence, or complement thereof, including all ranges and integers there between. In certain embodiments, the miR-143 nucleic acid sequence or miR-143 inhibitor contains the full-length processed miRNA sequence or complement thereof and is referred to as the “miR-143 full-length processed nucleic acid sequence” or “miR-143 full-length processed inhibitor sequence.” In still further aspects, the miR-143 nucleic acid comprises at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 232, 24, 25, 50 nucleotide (including all ranges and integers there between) segment or complementary segment of miR-143 that is at least 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 98, 99 or 100% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:13. The general term miR-143 includes all members of the miR-143 family that share at least part of a mature miR-143 sequence (UGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCA (SEQ ID NO:1)) or a complement thereof.

A “miR-143 nucleic acid sequence” includes the full length precursor of miR-143 and other family members that include

lla-mir-143 (MI0002552) (SEQ ID NO: 2) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUGUUC UGCAGC; xtr-mir-143 (MI0004937) (SEQ ID NO: 3) UGUCUCCCAGCCCAAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAGUUGUGAGUCU GAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCGGGAAGGGGGAAU; dre-mir-143-2 (MI0002008) (SEQ ID NO: 4) GAUCUACAGUCGUCUGGCCCGCGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAACUG GGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCGGGAGGACAACACUGUCAGCUC; rno-mir-143 (MI0000916) (SEQ ID NO: 5) GCGGAGCGCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAG UUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGGGAGAAGAUGUUCU GCAGC; ptr-mir-143 (MI0002549) (SEQ ID NO: 6) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUUUUC UGCAGC; ppy-mir-143 (MI0002551) (SEQ ID NO: 7) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUGUUC UGCAGC; ggo-mir-143 (MI0002550) (SEQ ID NO: 8) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUGUUC UGCAGC; dre-mir-143-1 (MI0002007) (SEQ ID NO: 9) GAUCUACAGUCGUCUGGCCCGCGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAACUG GGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCGGGAGGACAACACUGUCAGCUC; hsa-mir-143 (MI0000459) (SEQ ID NO: 10) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUGUUC UGCAGC; ppa-mir-143 (MI0002553) (SEQ ID NO: 11) GCGCAGCGCCCUGUCUCCCAGCCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCA GUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCAGGAAGAGAGAAGUUUUUC UGCAGC; mdo-mir-143 (MI0005302) (SEQ ID NO: 12) CCCGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAGUUGUGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGC ACUGUAGCUCGGG; mmu-mir-143 (MI0000257) (SEQ ID NO: 13) CCUGAGGUGCAGUGCUGCAUCUCUGGUCAGUUGGGAGUCUGAGAUGAAGC ACUGUAGCUCAGG. In certain aspects, a nucleic acid or mimetic of the present invention will comprise 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or more nucleotides of the precursor miRNA or its processed sequence, including all ranges and integers there between. In certain embodiments, the miR-143 nucleic acid sequence contains the full-length processed miRNA sequence and is referred to as the “miR-143 full-length processed nucleic acid sequence.” In still further aspects, a miR-143 comprises at least one 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 50 nucleotide (including all ranges and integers there between) segment of miR-143 that is at least 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 98, 99 or 100% identical to SEQ ID NOs provided herein.

In specific embodiments, a miR-143 or miR-143 inhibitor containing nucleic acid is hsa-miR-143 or hsa-miR-143 inhibitor, or a variation thereof. In a further aspect, a miR-143 nucleic acid or miR-143 inhibitor can be administered with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more miRNAs or miRNA inhibitors. miRNA or its complement can be administer concurrently, in sequence or in an ordered progression. In certain aspects, a miR-143 or miR-143 inhibitor can be administered in combination with one or more of let-7, miR-15a, miR-16, miR-20, miR-21, miR-26a, miR-31, miR-34a, miR-126, miR-145, miR-147, miR-188, miR-200b, miR-200c, miR-215, miR-216, miR-292-3p, and/or miR-331. All or combinations of miRNAs or inhibitors thereof may be administered in a single formulation. Administration may be before, during or after a second therapy.

miR-143 nucleic acids or complement thereof may also include various heterologous nucleic acid sequence, i.e., those sequences not typically found operatively coupled with miR-143 in nature, such as promoters, enhancers, and the like. The miR-143 nucleic acid is a recombinant nucleic acid, and can be a ribonucleic acid or a deoxyribonucleic acid. The recombinant nucleic acid may comprise a miR-143 or miR-143 inhibitor expression cassette, i.e., a nucleic acid segment that expresses a nucleic acid when introduce into an environment containing components for nucleic acid synthesis. In a further aspect, the expression cassette is comprised in a viral, or plasmid DNA vector or other therapeutic nucleic acid vector or delivery vehicle, including liposomes and the like. In certain aspects, viral vectors can be administered at 1×10², 1×10³, 1×10⁴, 1×10⁵, 1×10⁶, 1×10⁷, 1×10⁸, 1×10⁹, 1×10¹⁰, 1×10¹¹, 1×10¹², 1×10¹³, 1×10¹⁴ pfu or viral particle (vp).

In a particular aspect, the miR-143 nucleic acid or miR-143 inhibitor is a synthetic nucleic acid. Moreover, nucleic acids of the invention may be fully or partially synthetic. In still further aspects, a nucleic acid of the invention or a DNA encoding such can be administered at 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 2000, to 4000 μg or mg, including all values and ranges there between. In yet a further aspect, nucleic acids of the invention, including synthetic nucleic acid, can be administered at 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, to 200 μg or mg per kilogram (kg) of body weight. Each of the amounts described herein may be administered over a period of time, including 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years, including all values and ranges there between.

In certain embodiments, administration of the composition(s) can be enteral or parenteral. In certain aspects, enteral administration is oral. In further aspects, parenteral administration is intralesional, intravascular, intracranial, intrapleural, intratumoral, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, intralymphatic, intraglandular, subcutaneous, topical, intrabronchial, intratracheal, intranasal, inhaled, or instilled. Compositions of the invention may be administered regionally or locally and not necessarily directly into a lesion.

In certain aspects, the gene or genes modulated comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 150, 200 or more genes or combinations of genes identified in Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5. In still further aspects, the gene or genes modulated may exclude 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 150, 175 or more genes or combinations of genes identified in Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5. Modulation includes modulating transcription, mRNA levels, mRNA translation, and/or protein levels in a cell, tissue, or organ. In certain aspects the expression of a gene or level of a gene product, such as mRNA or encoded protein, is down-regulated or up-regulated. In a particular aspect the gene modulated comprises or is selected from (and may even exclude) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 27, 28, or all of the genes identified in Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5, or any combinations thereof. In certain embodiments a gene modulated or selected to be modulated is from Table 1. In further embodiments a gene modulated or selected to be modulated is from Table 3. In still further embodiments a gene modulated or selected to be modulated is from Table 4. In yet further embodiments a gene modulated or selected to be modulated is from Table 5. Embodiments of the invention may also include obtaining or assessing a gene expression profile or miRNA profile of a target cell prior to selecting the mode of treatment, e.g., administration of a miR-143 nucleic acid, inhibitor of miR-143, or mimetics thereof. The database content related to nucleic acids and genes designated by an accession number or a database submission are incorporated herein by reference as of the filing date of this application. In certain aspects of the invention one or more miRNA or miRNA inhibitor may modulate a single gene. In a further aspect, one or more genes in one or more genetic, cellular, or physiologic pathways can be modulated by one or more miRNAs or complements thereof, including miR-143 nucleic acids and miR-143 inhibitors in combination with other miRNAs.

miR-143 nucleic acids may also include various heterologous nucleic acid sequence, i.e., those sequences not typically found operatively coupled with miR-143 in nature, such as promoters, enhancers, and the like. The miR-143 nucleic acid is a recombinant nucleic acid, and can be a ribonucleic acid or a deoxyribonucleic acid. The recombinant nucleic acid may comprise a miR-143 expression cassette. In a further aspect, the expression cassette is comprised in a viral, or plasmid DNA vector or other therapeutic nucleic acid vector or delivery vehicle, including liposomes and the like. In a particular aspect, the miR-143 nucleic acid is a synthetic nucleic acid. Moreover, nucleic acids of the invention may be fully or partially synthetic.

TABLE 1 Genes with increased (positive values) or decreased (negative values) expression following transfection of human cancer cells with pre-miR hsa-miR-143. Gene Symbol RefSeq Transcript ID Δ log₂ AKAP12 NM_005100 /// NM_144497 0.725245496 ANKRD46 NM_198401 0.791492237 ANXA6 NM_001155 /// NM_004033 0.727214714 ARL2BP NM_012106 0.800772424 ASNA1 NM_004317 −1.07942093 ATP6V1A NM_001690 −1.126127932 ATXN1 NM_000332 0.850968582 AXL NM_001699 /// NM_021913 1.156039698 BCL2L1 NM_001191 /// NM_138578 −0.821265359 CCND1 NM_053056 −0.938024465 CCNG1 NM_004060 /// NM_199246 0.862627632 CLIC4 NM_013943 0.825614765 CXCL1 NM_001511 0.938115811 CXCL2 NM_002089 0.706326327 DAZAP2 NM_014764 −0.916764957 DCP2 NM_152624 0.797770229 DDAH1 NM_012137 0.765730627 DDX3Y NM_004660 0.848651105 DICER1 NM_030621 /// NM_177438 0.929848609 DSC2 NM_004949 /// NM_024422 0.902830281 FLJ13910 NM_022780 0.866839654 GALC NM_000153 −1.161432175 GATM NM_001482 −1.970548228 GOLPH2 NM_016548 /// NM_177937 −1.126884613 GREB1 NM_014668 /// NM_033090 /// 0.755673527 NM_148903 GREM1 NM_013372 1.051739161 HIPK2 NM_022740 −0.904313564 HIPK3 NM_005734 0.826433357 IFIH1 NM_022168 0.706653845 IGFBP3 NM_000598 /// NM_001013398 −0.809607512 IL32 NM_001012631 /// NM_001012632 /// 0.757126883 NM_001012633 /// NM_001012634 /// NM_001012635 IL6ST NM_002184 /// NM_175767 0.751854493 IL8 NM_000584 1.104016175 INSIG1 NM_005542 /// NM_198336 /// 0.875027481 NM_198337 LEPR NM_001003679 /// NM_001003680 /// 0.797930372 NM_002303 LMO4 NM_006769 −1.012706499 LOC137886 XM_059929 −0.752855433 MCL1 NM_021960 /// NM_182763 0.761759353 MGC5618 — 0.797855581 MTUS1 NM_001001924 /// NM_001001925 /// 0.70655 NM_001001927 /// NM_001001931 /// NM_020749 NID1 NM_002508 1.090976167 NT5E NM_002526 0.878049429 PDCD2 NM_002598 /// NM_144781 −0.723484401 PDCD4 NM_014456 /// NM_145341 0.728228239 PDK4 NM_002612 0.961974975 PELI1 NM_020651 0.768582445 PMCH NM_002674 0.790936704 PROSC NM_007198 −1.645677869 PTPN12 NM_002835 0.769808986 RAB11FIP1 NM_001002233 /// NM_001002814 /// −0.83733308 NM_025151 RAB2 NM_002865 0.827382805 RBL1 NM_002895 /// NM_183404 −1.302328709 RDX NM_002906 0.760806942 RECK NM_021111 1.103484746 RHEB NM_005614 0.825468322 RHOB NM_004040 0.921813933 RHOBTB1 NM_001032380 /// NM_014836 /// 0.744478582 NM_198225 RP2 NM_006915 0.822851399 SERPINE1 NM_000602 −0.856846452 SLC11A2 NM_000617 0.716682705 SLC30A1 NM_021194 −0.841163945 SLC35B1 NM_005827 −1.07644709 TAF10 NM_006284 −1.695883532 TBC1D2 NM_018421 −0.746279363 TGFBR2 NM_001024847 /// NM_003242 0.854509353 TMEM45A NM_018004 −0.748492283 TMF1 NM_007114 −0.939693594 TNC NM_002160 0.86901183 TNRC9 XM_049037 0.740367787 TRA1 NM_003299 0.875188144 TTMP NM_024616 0.844059608 TXN NM_003329 0.92541735 UGT1A8 /// NM_019076 /// NM_021027 −0.961897449 UGT1A9 WASPIP NM_003387 1.04160055 WDR50 NM_016001 −1.049152791 WEE1 NM_003390 0.722369746

A further embodiment of the invention is directed to methods of modulating a cellular pathway comprising administering to the cell an amount of an isolated nucleic acid comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid sequence or a miR-143 inhibitor. A cell, tissue, or subject may be a cancer cell, a cancerous tissue or harbor cancerous tissue, or a cancer patient. The database content related to all nucleic acids and genes designated by an accession number or a database submission are incorporated herein by reference as of the filing date of this application. In certain aspects, a composition of the invention is a pharmaceutical formulation such a lipid, nanoparticle, microparticle and the like that are typically biocompatible and/or biodegradable.

A further embodiment of the invention is directed to methods of modulating a cellular pathway comprising administering to the cell an amount of an isolated nucleic acid comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid sequence in an amount sufficient to modulate the expression, function, status, or state of a cellular pathway, in particular those pathways described in Table 2 or the pathways known to include one or more genes from Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5. Modulation of a cellular pathway includes, but is not limited to modulating the expression of one or more gene(s). Modulation of a gene can include inhibiting the function of an endogenous miRNA or providing a functional miRNA to a cell, tissue, or subject. Modulation refers to the expression levels or activities of a gene or its related gene product (e.g., mRNA) or protein, e.g., the mRNA levels may be modulated or the translation of an mRNA may be modulated. Modulation may increase or up regulate a gene or gene product or it may decrease or down regulate a gene or gene product (e.g., protein levels or activity).

Still a further embodiment includes methods of administering an miRNA or mimic thereof, and/or treating a subject or patient having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing a pathological condition comprising one or more of step (a) administering to a patient or subject an amount of an isolated nucleic acid comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid sequence or a miR-143 inhibitor in an amount sufficient to modulate expression of a cellular pathway; and (b) administering a second therapy, wherein the modulation of the cellular pathway sensitizes the patient or subject, or increases the efficacy of a second therapy. An increase in efficacy can include a reduction in toxicity, a reduced dosage or duration of the second therapy, or an additive or synergistic effect. A cellular pathway may include, but is not limited to one or more pathway described in Table 2 below or a pathway that is know to include one or more genes of Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5. The second therapy may be administered before, during, and/or after the isolated nucleic acid or miRNA or inhibitor is administered

A second therapy can include administration of a second miRNA or therapeutic nucleic acid such as a siRNA or antisense oligonucleotide, or may include various standard therapies, such as pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, drug therapy, immunotherapy, and the like. Embodiments of the invention may also include the determination or assessment of gene expression or gene expression profile for the selection of an appropriate therapy. In a particular aspect, a second therapy is a chemotherapy. A chemotherapy can include, but is not limited to paclitaxel, cisplatin, carboplatin, doxorubicin, oxaliplatin, larotaxel, taxol, lapatinib, docetaxel, methotrexate, capecitabine, vinorelbine, cyclophosphamide, gemcitabine, amrubicin, cytarabine, etoposide, camptothecin, dexamethasone, dasatinib, tipifarnib, bevacizumab, sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus, lonafarnib, cetuximab, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib mesylate, rituximab, trastuzumab, nocodazole, sorafenib, sunitinib, bortezomib, alemtuzumab, gemtuzumab, tositumomab or ibritumomab.

Embodiments of the invention include methods of treating a subject with a disease or condition comprising one or more of the steps of (a) determining an expression profile of one or more genes selected from Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5; (b) assessing the sensitivity of the subject to therapy based on the expression profile; (c) selecting a therapy based on the assessed sensitivity; and (d) treating the subject using a selected therapy. Typically, the disease or condition will have as a component, indicator, or resulting mis-regulation of one or more gene of Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5.

In certain aspects, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more miRNA may be used in sequence or in combination. For instance, any combination of miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor with another miRNA Further embodiments include the identification and assessment of an expression profile indicative of miR-143 status in a cell or tissue comprising expression assessment of one or more gene from Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5, or any combination thereof.

The term “miRNA” is used according to its ordinary and plain meaning and refers to a microRNA molecule found in eukaryotes that is involved in RNA-based gene regulation. See, e.g., Carrington et al., 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The term can be used to refer to the single-stranded RNA molecule processed from a precursor or in certain instances the precursor itself.

In some embodiments, it may be useful to know whether a cell expresses a particular miRNA endogenously or whether such expression is affected under particular conditions or when it is in a particular disease state. Thus, in some embodiments of the invention, methods include assaying a cell or a sample containing a cell for the presence of one or more marker gene or mRNA or other analyte indicative of the expression level of a gene of interest. Consequently, in some embodiments, methods include a step of generating an RNA profile for a sample. The term “RNA profile” or “gene expression profile” refers to a set of data regarding the expression pattern for one or more gene or genetic marker in the sample (e.g., a plurality of nucleic acid probes that identify one or more markers from Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5); it is contemplated that the nucleic acid profile can be obtained using a set of RNAs, using for example nucleic acid amplification or hybridization techniques well know to one of ordinary skill in the art. The difference in the expression profile in the sample from the patient and a reference expression profile, such as an expression profile from a normal or non-pathologic sample, is indicative of a pathologic, disease, or cancerous condition. A nucleic acid or probe set comprising or inhibitor can be selected based on observing two given miRNAs share a set of target genes or pathways listed in Tables 1, 2, 4 and/or 5 that are altered in a particular disease or condition. These two miRNAs may result in an improved therapy (e.g., reduced toxicity, greater efficacy, prolong remission, or other improvements in a subjects condition), result in an increased efficacy, an additive efficacy, or a synergistic efficacy providing an additional or an improved therapeutic response. Without being bound by any particular theory, synergy of two miRNA can be a consequence of regulating the same genes or related genes (related by a common pathway or biologic end result) more effectively (e.g., due to distinct binding sites on the same target or related target(s)) and/or a consequence of regulating different genes, but all of which have been implicated in a disease or condition.

In certain aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and let-7 can be administered to patients with acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or urothelial carcinoma.

Further aspects include administering miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-15 to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In still further aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-16 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

Aspects of the invention include methods where miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-20 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, neuroblastoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

In a further aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-21 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In still further aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-26a are administered to patients with acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, or prostate carcinoma.

In yet further aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-34a are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or urothelial carcinoma.

In certain aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-126 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In still a further aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-147 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, lipoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In yet another aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-188 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In other aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-215 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, lipoma, melanoma, mantle cell lymphoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or urothelial carcinoma.

In certain aspects, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-216 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, breast carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, prostate carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

In a further aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-292-3p are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, lipoma, melanoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thyroid carcinoma, or urothelial carcinoma.

In still a further aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-331 are administered to patients with astrocytoma, acute myeloid leukemia, breast carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, melanoma, myxofibrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

In yet a further aspect, miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor and miR-200b/c are administered to patients with breast carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, lipoma, multiple myeloma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or thyroid carcinoma.

It is contemplated that when miR-143 or a miR-143 inhibitor is given in combination with one or more other miRNA molecules, the two different miRNAs or inhibitors may be given at the same time or sequentially. In some embodiments, therapy proceeds with one miRNA or inhibitor and that therapy is followed up with therapy with the other miRNA or inhibitor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 hours, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 weeks, or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 months or any such combination later.

Further embodiments include the identification and assessment of an expression profile indicative of miR-143 status in a cell or tissue comprising expression assessment of one or more gene from Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5, or any combination thereof.

The term “miRNA” is used according to its ordinary and plain meaning and refers to a microRNA molecule found in eukaryotes that is involved in RNA-based gene regulation. See, e.g., Carrington et al., 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The term can be used to refer to the single-stranded RNA molecule processed from a precursor or in certain instances the precursor itself or a mimetic thereof.

In some embodiments, it may be useful to know whether a cell expresses a particular miRNA endogenously or whether such expression is affected under particular conditions or when it is in a particular disease state. Thus, in some embodiments of the invention, methods include assaying a cell or a sample containing a cell for the presence of one or more miRNA marker gene or mRNA or other analyte indicative of the expression level of a gene of interest. Consequently, in some embodiments, methods include a step of generating an RNA profile for a sample. The term “RNA profile” or “gene expression profile” refers to a set of data regarding the expression pattern for one or more gene or genetic marker in the sample (e.g., a plurality of nucleic acid probes that identify one or more markers or genes from Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5); it is contemplated that the nucleic acid profile can be obtained using a set of RNAs, using for example nucleic acid amplification or hybridization techniques well know to one of ordinary skill in the art. The difference in the expression profile in the sample from a patient and a reference expression profile, such as an expression profile from a normal or non-pathologic sample, or a digitized reference, is indicative of a pathologic, disease, or cancerous condition. In certain aspects the expression profile is an indicator of a propensity to or probability of (i.e., risk factor for a disease or condition) developing such a condition(s). Such a risk or propensity may indicate a treatment, increased monitoring, prophylactic measures, and the like. A nucleic acid or probe set may comprise or identify a segment of a corresponding mRNA and may include all or part of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 100, 200, 500, or more segments, including any integer or range derivable there between, of a gene or genetic marker, or a nucleic acid, mRNA or a probe representative thereof that is listed in Tables 1, 3, 4, and/or 5 or identified by the methods described herein.

Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions and methods for assessing, prognosing, or treating a pathological condition in a patient comprising measuring or determining an expression profile of one or more miRNA or marker(s) in a sample from the patient, wherein a difference in the expression profile in the sample from the patient and an expression profile of a normal sample or reference expression profile is indicative of pathological condition and particularly cancer (e.g., In certain aspects of the invention, the miRNAs, cellular pathway, gene, or genetic marker is or is representative of one or more pathway or marker described in Table 1, 2, 3, 4, and/or 5, including any combination thereof.

Aspects of the invention include diagnosing, assessing, or treating a pathologic condition or preventing a pathologic condition from manifesting. For example, the methods can be used to screen for a pathological condition; assess prognosis of a pathological condition; stage a pathological condition; assess response of a pathological condition to therapy; or to modulate the expression of a gene, genes, or related pathway as a first therapy or to render a subject sensitive or more responsive to a second therapy. In particular aspects, assessing the pathological condition of the patient can be assessing prognosis of the patient. Prognosis may include, but is not limited to an estimation of the time or expected time of survival, assessment of response to a therapy, and the like. In certain aspects, the altered expression of one or more gene or marker is prognostic for a patient having a pathologic condition, wherein the marker is one or more of Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5, including any combination thereof.

TABLE 2 Significantly affected functional cellular pathways following hsa-miR-143 over-expression in human cancer cells. Number of Genes Pathway Functions 9 Cellular Movement, Hematological System Development and Function, Immune Response 2 Gene Expression, Cellular Growth and Proliferation, Developmental Disorder

TABLE 3 Predicted target genes of hsa-miR-143 for Ref Seq ID reference - Pruitt et al., 2005. Gene RefSeq Symbol Transcript ID Description 76P NM_014444 gamma tubulin ring complex protein (76p gene) AACS NM_023928 acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase AADACL1 NM_020792 arylacetamide deacetylase-like 1 AARSL NM_020745 alanyl-tRNA synthetase like ABAT NM_000663 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase precursor ABCA1 NM_005502 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family A member 1 ABCB11 NM_003742 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), ABCB9 NM_203445 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), ABCC1 NM_004996 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C, member 1 ABCC13 NM_172024 ATP-binding cassette protein C13 isoform b ABCC3 NM_020038 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C, member 3 ABCC4 NM_005845 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C, member 4 ABCG4 NM_022169 ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, member 4 ABCG5 NM_022436 sterolin 1 ABHD14A NM_015407 abhydrolase domain containing 14A ABHD14B NM_032750 abhydrolase domain containing 14B ABHD8 NM_024527 abhydrolase domain containing 8 ABLIM1 NM_001003407 actin-binding LIM protein 1 isoform b ABR NM_001092 active breakpoint cluster region-related ABTB2 NM_145804 ankyrin repeat and BTB (POZ) domain containing ACACB NM_001093 acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase beta ACADSB NM_001609 acyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase, short/branched ACCN1 NM_001094 amiloride-sensitive cation channel 1, neuronal ACE NM_152831 angiotensin I converting enzyme isoform 3 ACE2 NM_021804 angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 precursor ACIN1 NM_014977 apoptotic chromatin condensation inducer 1 ACOXL NM_018308 acyl-Coenzyme A oxidase-like ACP1 NM_004300 acid phosphatase 1 isoform c ACSL6 NM_001009185 acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 6 ACTL8 NM_030812 actin like protein ACTN2 NM_001103 actinin, alpha 2 ACTR8 NM_022899 actin-related protein 8 ACVR1B NM_004302 activin A type IB receptor isoform a precursor ACY1L2 NM_001010853 hypothetical protein LOC135293 ADAM10 NM_001110 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10 ADAM12 NM_003474 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 12 isoform 1 ADAM9 NM_001005845 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 9 isoform 2 ADAMTS1 NM_006988 ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 ADAMTS3 NM_014243 ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 ADAMTS4 NM_005099 ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 ADAMTSL1 NM_052866 ADAMTS-like 1 isoform 2 ADAR NM_001025107 adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific isoform d ADARB1 NM_001033049 RNA-specific adenosine deaminase B1 isoform 4 ADAT1 NM_012091 adenosine deaminase, tRNA-specific 1 ADCY1 NM_021116 brain adenylate cyclase 1 ADCY2 NM_020546 adenylate cyclase 2 ADCY6 NM_015270 adenylate cyclase 6 isoform a ADCY9 NM_001116 adenylate cyclase 9 ADD2 NM_001617 adducin 2 isoform a ADD3 NM_001121 adducin 3 (gamma) isoform b ADI1 NM_018269 membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase ADIPOQ NM_004797 adiponectin precursor ADORA3 NM_000677 adenosine A3 receptor isoform 2 ADRA2B NM_000682 alpha-2B-adrenergic receptor ADSSL1 NM_152328 adenylosuccinate synthase-like 1 isoform 2 AFAP NM_021638 actin filament associated protein AFF1 NM_005935 myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia AFF2 NM_002025 fragile X mental retardation 2 AFG3L2 NM_006796 AFG3 ATPase family gene 3-like 2 AGBL4 NM_032785 hypothetical protein LOC84871 AGMAT NM_024758 agmatine ureohydrolase (agmatinase) AGPAT1 NM_006411 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1 AGPAT3 NM_020132 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 3 AGPAT4 NM_001012733 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 4 AGR2 NM_006408 anterior gradient 2 homolog AGRN NM_198576 agrin AHCTF1 NM_015446 transcription factor ELYS AHCYL1 NM_006621 S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like 1 AICDA NM_020661 activation-induced cytidine deaminase AIF1 NM_004847 allograft inflammatory factor 1 isoform 2 AIG1 NM_016108 androgen-induced 1 AIPL1 NM_001033054 aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting AIRE NM_000383 autoimmune regulator AIRE isoform 1 AK1 NM_000476 adenylate kinase 1 AK3 NM_016282 adenylate kinase 3 AKAP11 NM_144490 A-kinase anchor protein 11 isoform 2 AKAP13 NM_006738 A-kinase anchor protein 13 isoform 1 AKAP6 NM_004274 A-kinase anchor protein 6 AKT1 NM_001014431 v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1 ALB NM_000477 albumin precursor ALDH3A2 NM_000382 aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A2 isoform 2 ALDH5A1 NM_001080 aldehyde dehydrogenase 5A1 precursor, isoform 2 ALKBH4 NM_017621 hypothetical protein LOC54784 ALPL NM_000478 tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase ALS2 NM_020919 alsin ALX3 NM_006492 aristaless-like homeobox 3 AMDHD1 NM_152435 hypothetical protein LOC144193 AMFR NM_001144 autocrine motility factor receptor AMICA1 NM_153206 adhesion molecule, interacts with CXADR antigen AMMECR1 NM_001025580 AMMECR1 protein isoform 2 AMOTL1 NM_130847 angiomotin like 1 AMPD2 NM_004037 adenosine monophosphate deaminase 2 (isoform L) AMT NM_000481 aminomethyltransferase (glycine cleavage system AMZ1 NM_133463 archaemetzincin-1 ANGEL1 NM_015305 angel homolog 1 ANGPTL1 NM_004673 angiopoietin-like 1 precursor ANGPTL2 NM_012098 angiopoietin-like 2 precursor ANGPTL7 NM_021146 angiopoietin-like 7 ANKH NM_054027 ankylosis, progressive homolog ANKRD12 NM_015208 ankyrin repeat domain 12 ANKRD13 NM_033121 ankyrin repeat domain 13 ANKRD20A3 NM_001012419 hypothetical protein LOC441425 ANKRD25 NM_015493 ankyrin repeat domain 25 ANKRD28 NM_015199 ankyrin repeat domain 28 ANKRD29 NM_173505 ankyrin repeat domain 29 ANKRD41 NM_152363 ankyrin repeat domain 41 ANKRD50 NM_020337 ankyrin repeat domain 50 ANKS6 NM_173551 sterile alpha motif domain containing 6 ANXA3 NM_005139 annexin A3 ANXA9 NM_003568 annexin A9 AOC2 NM_001158 amine oxidase, copper containing 2 isoform a AP2B1 NM_001030006 adaptor-related protein complex 2, beta 1 AP3D1 NM_003938 adaptor-related protein complex 3, delta 1 AP3M1 NM_012095 adaptor-related protein complex 3, mu 1 subunit APAF1 NM_001160 apoptotic protease activating factor isoform b APOA1BP NM_144772 apolipoprotein A-I binding protein precursor APOA5 NM_052968 apolipoprotein AV APOBEC3A NM_145699 phorbolin 1 APOBEC3F NM_145298 apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic APOBEC4 NM_203454 apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic APOL1 NM_003661 apolipoprotein L1 isoform a precursor APOL6 NM_030641 apolipoprotein L6 APOLD1 NM_030817 apolipoprotein L domain containing 1 APPL NM_012096 adaptor protein containing pH domain, PTB domain APTX NM_175069 aprataxin isoform b AQP10 NM_080429 aquaporin 10 AQP2 NM_000486 aquaporin 2 AQP3 NM_004925 aquaporin 3 ARCN1 NM_001655 archain ARFGAP3 NM_014570 ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase activating ARFIP2 NM_012402 ADP-ribosylation factor interacting protein 2 ARHGAP18 NM_033515 Rho GTPase activating protein 18 ARHGAP20 NM_020809 Rho GTPase activating protein 20 ARHGAP25 NM_001007231 Rho GTPase activating protein 25 isoform a ARHGAP26 NM_015071 GTPase regulator associated with the focal ARHGAP28 NM_001010000 Rho GTPase activating protein 28 isoform a ARHGAP9 NM_032496 Rho GTPase activating protein 9 ARHGDIB NM_001175 Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) beta ARHGEF1 NM_004706 Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 isoform ARHGEF7 NM_003899 Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 7 isoform ARID3B NM_006465 AT rich interactive domain 3B (BRIGHT-like) ARID5B NM_032199 AT rich interactive domain 5B (MRF1-like) ARL15 NM_019087 ADP-ribosylation factor related protein 2 ARL3 NM_004311 ADP-ribosylation factor-like 3 ARL6 NM_032146 ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 ARL6IP2 NM_022374 ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 interacting ARMC5 NM_024742 armadillo repeat containing 5 ARMC8 NM_014154 armadillo repeat containing 8 isoform 1 ARNT NM_001668 aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator ARRDC4 NM_183376 arrestin domain containing 4 ARSD NM_001669 arylsulfatase D isoform a precursor ARTS-1 NM_016442 type 1 tumor necrosis factor receptor shedding ASAM NM_024769 adipocyte-specific adhesion molecule ASB4 NM_145872 ankyrin repeat and SOCS box-containing protein 4 ASB6 NM_017873 ankyrin repeat and SOCS box-containing 6 isoform ASCC3 NM_006828 activating signal cointegrator 1 complex subunit ASL NM_000048 argininosuccinate lyase isoform 1 ASPH NM_004318 aspartate beta-hydroxylase isoform a ASTN NM_004319 astrotactin isoform 1 ASXL1 NM_015338 additional sex combs like 1 ASXL2 NM_018263 additional sex combs like 2 ATCAY NM_033064 caytaxin ATF3 NM_001030287 activating transcription factor 3 isoform 1 ATG10 NM_031482 APG10 autophagy 10-like ATG12 NM_004707 APG12 autophagy 12-like ATG9A NM_024085 APG9 autophagy 9-like 1 ATG9B NM_173681 nitric oxide synthase 3 antisense ATHL1 NM_025092 hypothetical protein LOC80162 ATM NM_000051 ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein isoform 1 ATOH8 NM_032827 atonal homolog 8 ATP10A NM_024490 ATPase, Class V, type 10A ATP11B NM_014616 ATPase, Class VI, type 11B ATP11C NM_001010986 ATPase, Class VI, type 11C isoform b ATP1A2 NM_000702 Na+/K+-ATPase alpha 2 subunit proprotein ATP1A3 NM_152296 Na+/K+-ATPase alpha 3 subunit ATP2B2 NM_001001331 plasma membrane calcium ATPase 2 isoform a ATP6AP1 NM_001183 ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal accessory ATP6V0E NM_003945 ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal, V0 subunit ATP6V1A NM_001690 ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal 70 kD, V1 ATP6V1C2 NM_144583 vacuolar H+ ATPase C2 isoform b ATP6V1F NM_004231 ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal 14 kD, V1 ATP8A1 NM_006095 ATPase, aminophospholipid transporter (APLT), ATPBD4 NM_080650 ATP binding domain 4 ATPIF1 NM_178191 ATPase inhibitory factor 1 isoform 3 precursor ATXN1 NM_000332 ataxin 1 AVPR1B NM_000707 arginine vasopressin receptor 1B AZGP1 NM_001185 alpha-2-glycoprotein 1, zinc B3GNT6 NM_138706 UDP-GlcNAc:betaGal B4GALT1 NM_001497 UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- B4GALT5 NM_004776 UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- BAAT NM_001701 bile acid Coenzyme A: amino acid BACE1 NM_012104 beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 isoform A BACH1 NM_001011545 BTB and CNC homology 1 isoform b BACH2 NM_021813 BTB and CNC homology 1, basic leucine zipper BAG1 NM_004323 BCL2-associated athanogene isoform 1L BAG3 NM_004281 BCL2-associated athanogene 3 BAG5 NM_001015048 BCL2-associated athanogene 5 isoform b BAGE4 NM_181704 B melanoma antigen family, member 4 BARHL2 NM_020063 BarH-like 2 BAT2D1 NM_015172 HBxAg transactivated protein 2 BATF2 NM_138456 basic leucine zipper transcription factor, BAZ2A NM_013449 bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain, 2A BBC3 NM_014417 BCL2 binding component 3 BBS1 NM_024649 Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1 BBS5 NM_152384 Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5 BCAN NM_198427 brevican isoform 2 BCAP29 NM_001008406 B-cell receptor-associated protein BAP29 isoform BCAP31 NM_005745 B-cell receptor-associated protein 31 BCL2 NM_000633 B-cell lymphoma protein 2 alpha isoform BCL3 NM_005178 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 3 BCORL1 NM_021946 BCL6 co-repressor-like 1 BCR NM_004327 breakpoint cluster region isoform 1 BDH2 NM_020139 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, type 2 BET1L NM_016526 blocked early in transport 1 homolog (S. BFAR NM_016561 apoptosis regulator BGN NM_001711 biglycan preproprotein BHLHB9 NM_030639 basic helix-loop-helix domain containing, class BHMT2 NM_017614 betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase 2 BICD1 NM_001003398 bicaudal D homolog 1 isoform 2 BIRC1 NM_004536 baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 1 BIRC2 NM_001166 baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 2 BIRC4 NM_001167 baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 4 BIRC4BP NM_017523 XIAP associated factor-1 isoform 1 BIRC5 NM_001012270 baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 5 BLMH NM_000386 bleomycin hydrolase BLOC1S2 NM_001001342 biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles BLR1 NM_001716 Burkitt lymphoma receptor 1 isoform 1 BLZF1 NM_003666 basic leucine zipper nuclear factor 1 BMPR1A NM_004329 bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type IA BMPR2 NM_001204 bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II BOK NM_032515 BCL2-related ovarian killer BOLA2 NM_001031833 BolA-like protein 2 isoform b BOLL NM_033030 boule isoform 2 BPNT1 NM_006085 3′(2′), 5′-bisphosphate nucleotidase 1 BRCA1 NM_007306 breast cancer 1, early onset isoform BRD2 NM_005104 bromodomain containing protein 2 BRD4 NM_014299 bromodomain-containing protein 4 isoform short BSN NM_003458 bassoon protein BTBD14B NM_052876 transcriptional repressor NAC1 BTBD15 NM_014155 BTB (POZ) domain containing 15 BTBD4 NM_025224 BTB (POZ) domain containing 4 BTBD6 NM_033271 BTB domain protein BDPL BTF3L4 NM_152265 transcription factor BTF3-like BTG2 NM_006763 B-cell translocation gene 2 BTN1A1 NM_001732 butyrophilin, subfamily 1, member A1 BTN2A1 NM_007049 butyrophilin, subfamily 2, member A1 isoform 1 BTN2A2 NM_006995 butyrophilin, subfamily 2, member A2 isoform a BTN3A2 NM_007047 butyrophilin, subfamily 3, member A2 precursor BTNL8 NM_024850 butyrophilin-like 8 short form BTRC NM_003939 beta-transducin repeat containing protein BVES NM_007073 blood vessel epicardial substance C10orf10 NM_007021 fasting induced gene C10orf104 NM_173473 hypothetical protein LOC119504 C10orf111 NM_153244 hypothetical protein LOC221060 C10orf114 NM_001010911 hypothetical protein LOC399726 C10orf12 NM_015652 hypothetical protein LOC26148 C10orf129 NM_207321 hypothetical protein LOC142827 C10orf38 NM_001010924 hypothetical protein LOC221061 C10orf39 NM_194303 hypothetical protein LOC282973 C10orf42 NM_138357 hypothetical protein LOC90550 C10orf46 NM_153810 hypothetical protein LOC143384 C10orf53 NM_182554 hypothetical protein LOC282966 C10orf54 NM_022153 hypothetical protein LOC64115 C10orf56 NM_153367 hypothetical protein LOC219654 C10orf65 NM_138413 hypothetical protein LOC112817 C10orf83 NM_178832 hypothetical protein LOC118812 C10orf99 NM_207373 hypothetical protein LOC387695 C11orf1 NM_022761 hypothetical protein LOC64776 C11orf17 NM_182901 chromosome 11 open reading frame 17 C11orf45 NM_145013 hypothetical protein LOC219833 C11orf46 NM_152316 hypothetical protein LOC120534 C11orf49 NM_001003676 hypothetical protein LOC79096 isoform 1 C11orf54 NM_014039 hypothetical protein LOC28970 C11orf55 NM_207428 hypothetical protein LOC399879 C11orf69 NM_152314 hypothetical protein LOC120196 C12orf22 NM_030809 TGF-beta induced apoptosis protein 12 C12orf29 NM_001009894 hypothetical protein LOC91298 C12orf31 NM_032338 hypothetical protein LOC84298 C12orf41 NM_017822 hypothetical protein LOC54934 C12orf5 NM_020375 chromosome 12 open reading frame 5 C12orf59 NM_153022 hypothetical protein LOC120939 C13orf3 NM_145061 hypothetical protein LOC221150 C14orf103 NM_018036 hypothetical protein LOC55102 C14orf11 NM_018453 hypothetical protein LOC55837 C14orf115 NM_018228 hypothetical protein LOC55237 C14orf143 NM_145231 hypothetical protein LOC90141 C14orf150 NM_001008726 hypothetical protein LOC112840 C14orf162 NM_020181 chromosome 14 open reading frame 162 C14orf43 NM_194278 hypothetical protein LOC91748 C14orf58 NM_017791 hypothetical protein LOC55640 C14orf8 NM_173846 chromosome 14 open reading frame 8 C15orf15 NM_016304 ribosomal protein L24-like C15orf20 NM_025049 DNA helicase homolog PIF1 C15orf27 NM_152335 hypothetical protein LOC123591 C15orf38 NM_182616 hypothetical protein LOC348110 C15orf39 NM_015492 hypothetical protein LOC56905 C15orf42 NM_152259 leucine-rich repeat kinase 1 C16orf53 NM_024516 hypothetical protein LOC79447 C16orf54 NM_175900 hypothetical protein LOC283897 C16orf58 NM_022744 hypothetical protein LOC64755 C17orf28 NM_030630 hypothetical protein LOC283987 C17orf42 NM_024683 hypothetical protein LOC79736 C17orf45 NM_152350 hypothetical protein LOC125144 C17orf53 NM_024032 hypothetical protein LOC78995 C17orf56 NM_144679 hypothetical protein LOC146705 C17orf59 NM_017622 hypothetical protein LOC54785 C17orf69 NM_152466 hypothetical protein LOC147081 C18orf1 NM_001003674 hypothetical protein LOC753 isoform gamma 1 C18orf24 NM_145060 hypothetical protein LOC220134 C18orf25 NM_001008239 chromosome 18 open reading frame 25 isoform b C18orf45 NM_032933 hypothetical protein LOC85019 C19orf10 NM_019107 chromosome 19 open reading frame 10 C19orf23 NM_152480 hypothetical protein LOC148046 C19orf35 NM_198532 hypothetical protein LOC374872 C19orf39 NM_175871 hypothetical protein LOC126074 C19orf4 NM_012109 brain-specific membrane-anchored protein C1orf106 NM_018265 hypothetical protein LOC55765 C1orf107 NM_014388 hypothetical protein LOC27042 C1orf108 NM_024595 hypothetical protein LOC79647 C1orf109 NM_017850 hypothetical protein LOC54955 C1orf115 NM_024709 hypothetical protein LOC79762 C1orf116 NM_023938 specifically androgen-regulated protein C1orf117 NM_182623 hypothetical protein LOC348487 C1orf119 NM_020141 hypothetical protein LOC56900 C1orf130 NM_001010980 hypothetical protein LOC400746 C1orf135 NM_024037 hypothetical protein LOC79000 C1orf140 NM_001010913 hypothetical protein LOC400804 C1orf144 NM_015609 putative MAPK activating protein PM20, PM21 C1orf145 NM_001025495 hypothetical protein LOC574407 C1orf149 NM_022756 hypothetical protein LOC64769 C1orf151 NM_001032363 chromosome 1 open reading frame 151 protein C1orf157 NM_182579 hypothetical protein LOC284573 C1orf162 NM_174896 hypothetical protein LOC128346 C1orf166 NM_024544 hypothetical protein LOC79594 C1orf172 NM_152365 hypothetical protein LOC126695 C1orf173 NM_001002912 hypothetical protein LOC127254 C1orf183 NM_019099 hypothetical protein LOC55924 isoform 1 C1orf187 NM_198545 chromosome 1 open reading frame 187 C1orf21 NM_030806 chromosome 1 open reading frame 21 C1orf36 NM_183059 chromosome 1 open reading frame 36 C1orf38 NM_004848 basement membrane-induced gene isoform 1 C1orf45 NM_001025231 hypothetical protein LOC448834 C1orf49 NM_032126 hypothetical protein LOC84066 C1orf52 NM_198077 hypothetical protein LOC148423 C1orf53 NM_001024594 hypothetical protein LOC388722 C1orf56 NM_017860 hypothetical protein LOC54964 C1orf61 NM_006365 transcriptional activator of the c-fos promoter C1orf66 NM_015997 hypothetical protein LOC51093 C1orf69 NM_001010867 hypothetical protein LOC200205 C1orf74 NM_152485 hypothetical protein LOC148304 C1orf76 NM_173509 hypothetical protein MGC16664 C1orf80 NM_022831 hypothetical protein LOC64853 C1orf83 NM_153035 hypothetical protein LOC127428 C1orf95 NM_001003665 hypothetical protein LOC375057 C1orf96 NM_145257 hypothetical protein LOC126731 C1QTNF1 NM_030968 C1q and tumor necrosis factor related protein 1 C1RL NM_016546 complement component 1, r subcomponent-like C20orf108 NM_080821 hypothetical protein LOC116151 C20orf11 NM_017896 chromosome 20 open reading frame 11 C20orf111 NM_016470 oxidative stress responsive 1 C20orf12 NM_018152 hypothetical protein LOC55184 C20orf28 NM_015417 hypothetical protein LOC25876 C20orf29 NM_018347 hypothetical protein LOC55317 C20orf4 NM_015511 hypothetical protein LOC25980 C20orf42 NM_017671 chromosome 20 open reading frame 42 C20orf43 NM_016407 hypothetical protein LOC51507 C20orf44 NM_018244 basic FGF-repressed Zic binding protein isoform C20orf98 NM_024958 hypothetical protein LOC80023 C21orf114 NM_001012707 hypothetical protein LOC378826 C21orf24 NM_001001789 hypothetical protein LOC400866 C21orf29 NM_144991 chromosome 21 open reading frame 29 C21orf62 NM_019596 hypothetical protein LOC56245 C21orf69 NM_058189 chromosome 21 open reading frame 69 C21orf93 NM_145179 hypothetical protein LOC246704 C22orf13 NM_031444 chromosome 22 open reading frame 13 C22orf18 NM_001002876 proliferation associated nuclear element 1 C22orf25 NM_152906 hypothetical protein LOC128989 C22orf9 NM_001009880 hypothetical protein LOC23313 isoform b C2orf11 NM_144629 hypothetical protein LOC130132 C2orf15 NM_144706 hypothetical protein LOC150590 C2orf17 NM_024293 hypothetical protein LOC79137 C2orf18 NM_017877 hypothetical protein LOC54978 C2orf27 NM_013310 hypothetical protein LOC29798 C2orf37 NM_025000 hypothetical protein LOC80067 C3orf17 NM_001025072 hypothetical protein LOC25871 isoform b C3orf21 NM_152531 hypothetical protein LOC152002 C3orf23 NM_001029839 hypothetical protein LOC285343 isoform 2 C3orf34 NM_032898 hypothetical protein LOC84984 C4orf13 NM_001030316 hypothetical protein LOC84068 isoform a C5orf21 NM_032042 hypothetical protein LOC83989 C5orf24 NM_152409 hypothetical protein LOC134553 C5orf4 NM_016348 hypothetical protein LOC10826 isoform 1 C6orf130 NM_145063 hypothetical protein LOC221443 C6orf149 NM_020408 hypothetical protein LOC57128 C6orf15 NM_014070 STG protein C6orf155 NM_024882 hypothetical protein LOC79940 C6orf157 NM_198920 hypothetical protein LOC90025 C6orf165 NM_178823 hypothetical protein LOC154313 isoform 2 C6orf201 NM_206834 hypothetical protein LOC404220 C6orf205 NM_001010909 hypothetical protein LOC394263 C6orf69 NM_173562 hypothetical protein LOC222658 C6orf96 NM_017909 hypothetical protein LOC55005 C6orf97 NM_025059 hypothetical protein LOC80129 C7 NM_000587 complement component 7 precursor C7orf34 NM_178829 hypothetical protein LOC135927 C7orf38 NM_145111 hypothetical protein LOC221786 C8orf1 NM_004337 hypothetical protein LOC734 C8orf17 NM_020237 MOST-1 protein C8orf44 NM_019607 hypothetical protein LOC56260 C8orf51 NM_024035 hypothetical protein LOC78998 C9orf106 NM_001012715 hypothetical protein LOC414318 C9orf128 NM_001012446 hypothetical protein LOC392307 C9orf140 NM_178448 hypothetical protein LOC89958 C9orf152 NM_001012993 hypothetical protein LOC401546 C9orf163 NM_152571 hypothetical protein LOC158055 C9orf25 NM_147202 hypothetical protein LOC203259 C9orf27 NM_021208 chromosome 9 open reading frame 27 C9orf42 NM_138333 hypothetical protein LOC116224 C9orf5 NM_032012 hypothetical protein LOC23731 C9orf50 NM_199350 hypothetical protein LOC375759 C9orf58 NM_001002260 chromosome 9 open reading frame 58 isoform 2 C9orf65 NM_138818 hypothetical protein LOC158471 C9orf89 NM_032310 chromosome 9 open reading frame 89 C9orf91 NM_153045 hypothetical protein LOC203197 CA12 NM_001218 carbonic anhydrase XII isoform 1 precursor CA2 NM_000067 carbonic anhydrase II CABLES2 NM_031215 Cdk5 and Abl enzyme substrate 2 CACHD1 NM_020925 cache domain containing 1 CACNA1E NM_000721 calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1E CACNA2D2 NM_001005505 calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha CACNA2D3 NM_018398 calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha CACNG4 NM_014405 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 CALCB NM_000728 calcitonin-related polypeptide, beta CALD1 NM_004342 caldesmon 1 isoform 2 CALM3 NM_005184 calmodulin 3 CALML4 NM_033429 calmodulin-like 4 isoform 2 CALN1 NM_001017440 calneuron 1 CALR NM_004343 calreticulin precursor CAMK2A NM_015981 calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIA CAMK2D NM_172127 calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II CAMK2G NM_001222 calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II CAMKK1 NM_032294 calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase 1 CAMKK2 NM_006549 calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase CAMLG NM_001745 calcium modulating ligand CAMSAP1 NM_015447 calmodulin regulated spectrin-associated protein CAND1 NM_018448 TIP120 protein CAPN11 NM_007058 calpain 11 CAPN3 NM_212464 calpain 3 isoform g CAPZB NM_004930 F-actin capping protein beta subunit CARKL NM_013276 carbohydrate kinase-like CASC2 NM_178816 cancer susceptibility candidate 2 isoform 1 CASC3 NM_007359 cancer susceptibility candidate 3 CASKIN2 NM_020753 cask-interacting protein 2 CASP2 NM_032982 caspase 2 isoform 1 preproprotein CASP8 NM_001228 caspase 8 isoform A CASQ2 NM_001232 cardiac calsequestrin 2 CAST1 NM_015576 cytomatrix protein p110 CBFA2T2 NM_001032999 core-binding factor, runt domain, alpha subunit CBFB NM_001755 core-binding factor, beta subunit isoform 2 CBL NM_005188 Cas-Br-M (murine) ecotropic retroviral CBLL1 NM_024814 Cas-Br-M (murine) ecotropic retroviral CBX7 NM_175709 chromobox homolog 7 CC2D1B NM_032449 coiled-coil and C2 domain containing 1B CCBL1 NM_004059 cytoplasmic cysteine conjugate-beta lyase CCBP2 NM_001296 chemokine binding protein 2 CCDC102B NM_024781 hypothetical protein LOC79839 CCDC14 NM_022757 coiled-coil domain containing 14 CCDC21 NM_022778 coiled-coil domain containing 21 CCDC25 NM_001031708 coiled-coil domain containing 25 isoform 1 CCDC33 NM_182791 hypothetical protein LOC80125 CCDC49 NM_017748 hypothetical protein LOC54883 CCDC58 NM_001017928 hypothetical protein LOC131076 CCDC68 NM_025214 CTCL tumor antigen se57-1 CCDC72 NM_015933 hypothetical protein LOC51372 CCDC93 NM_019044 hypothetical protein LOC54520 CCDC94 NM_018074 hypothetical protein LOC55702 CCDC97 NM_052848 hypothetical protein LOC90324 CCDC98 NM_139076 coiled-coil domain containing 98 CCKAR NM_000730 cholecystokinin A receptor CCL18 NM_002988 small inducible cytokine A18 precursor CCL22 NM_002990 small inducible cytokine A22 precursor CCL4L1 NM_001001435 chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4-like 1 precursor CCL4L2 NM_207007 chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4-like 2 precursor CCL7 NM_006273 chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7 precursor CCND1 NM_053056 cyclin D1 CCND2 NM_001759 cyclin D2 CCNT2 NM_001241 cyclin T2 isoform a CCPG1 NM_004748 cell cycle progression 1 isoform 1 CCR1 NM_001295 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 1 CCR2 NM_000647 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 isoform A CCR6 NM_004367 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 6 CCT5 NM_012073 chaperonin containing TCP1, subunit 5 (epsilon) CD109 NM_133493 CD109 CD164L2 NM_207397 CD164 sialomucin-like 2 CD22 NM_001771 CD22 antigen CD244 NM_016382 CD244 natural killer cell receptor 2B4 CD276 NM_001024736 CD276 antigen isoform a CD28 NM_006139 CD28 antigen CD300C NM_006678 CD300C antigen CD300LG NM_145273 triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells CD34 NM_001025109 CD34 antigen isoform a CD3D NM_000732 CD3D antigen, delta polypeptide (TiT3 complex) CD4 NM_000616 CD4 antigen precursor CD40 NM_152854 CD40 antigen isoform 2 precursor CD44 NM_000610 CD44 antigen isoform 1 precursor CD47 NM_001025079 CD47 molecule isoform 3 precursor CD53 NM_000560 CD53 antigen CD80 NM_005191 CD80 antigen (CD28 antigen ligand 1, B7-1 CD82 NM_001024844 CD82 antigen isoform 2 CD84 NM_003874 CD84 antigen (leukocyte antigen) CD8A NM_001768 CD8 antigen alpha polypeptide isoform 1 CD93 NM_012072 CD93 antigen precursor CDAN1 NM_138477 codanin 1 CDC25A NM_001789 cell division cycle 25A isoform a CDC25B NM_004358 cell division cycle 25B isoform 2 CDC42BPA NM_003607 CDC42-binding protein kinase alpha isoform B CDC42SE1 NM_020239 CDC42 small effector 1 CDCA5 NM_080668 cell division cycle associated 5 CDGAP NM_020754 Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein CDH1 NM_004360 cadherin 1, type 1 preproprotein CDH17 NM_004063 cadherin 17 precursor CDH3 NM_001793 cadherin 3, type 1 preproprotein CDH5 NM_001795 cadherin 5, type 2 preproprotein CDK2AP1 NM_004642 CDK2-associated protein 1 CDK5R2 NM_003936 cyclin-dependent kinase 5, regulatory subunit 2 CDK5RAP3 NM_025197 CDK5 regulatory subunit associated protein 3 CDK6 NM_001259 cyclin-dependent kinase 6 CDKAL1 NM_017774 CDK5 regulatory subunit associated protein CDON NM_016952 surface glycoprotein, Ig superfamily member CDR2L NM_014603 paraneoplastic antigen CDRT1 NM_006382 CMT1A duplicated region transcript 1 CDRT4 NM_173622 hypothetical protein LOC284040 CDX1 NM_001804 caudal type homeo box transcription factor 1 CEACAM5 NM_004363 carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion CELSR1 NM_014246 cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 1 CELSR2 NM_001408 cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 2 CELSR3 NM_001407 cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 3 CENTA2 NM_018404 centaurin-alpha 2 protein CENTD1 NM_015230 centaurin delta 1 isoform a CENTG1 NM_014770 centaurin, gamma 1 CEP135 NM_025009 centrosome protein 4 CEP192 NM_018069 hypothetical protein LOC55125 isoform 2 CEP350 NM_014810 centrosome-associated protein 350 CFD NM_001928 complement factor D preproprotein CG018 NM_052818 hypothetical protein LOC90634 CGN NM_020770 cingulin CGNL1 NM_032866 cingulin-like 1 CHD5 NM_015557 chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 5 CHD6 NM_032221 chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 6 CHKA NM_001277 choline kinase alpha isoform a CHKB NM_152253 choline/ethanolamine kinase isoform b CHML NM_001821 choroideremia-like Rab escort protein 2 CHPF NM_024536 chondroitin polymerizing factor CHRNB1 NM_000747 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta 1 subunit CHRNB2 NM_000748 cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, beta CHRNG NM_005199 cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, gamma CHST10 NM_004854 HNK-1 sulfotransferase CHST13 NM_152889 carbohydrate (chondroitin 4) sulfotransferase CHST3 NM_004273 carbohydrate (chondroitin 6) sulfotransferase 3 CHST4 NM_005769 carbohydrate (N-acetylglucosamine 6-O) CHURC1 NM_145165 churchill domain containing 1 CIAPIN1 NM_020313 cytokine induced apoptosis inhibitor 1 CIAS1 NM_004895 cryopyrin isoform a CIDEA NM_001279 cell death-inducing DFFA-like effector a isoform CIR NM_004882 CBF1 interacting corepressor CIT NM_007174 citron CITED4 NM_133467 Cbp/p300-interacting transactivator, with CLASP1 NM_015282 CLIP-associating protein 1 CLCN6 NM_001286 chloride channel 6 isoform ClC-6a CLEC12A NM_138337 myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor CLEC12B NM_205852 macrophage antigen h CLEC4E NM_014358 C-type lectin domain family 4, member E CLEC4F NM_173535 C-type lectin, superfamily member 13 CLEC5A NM_013252 C-type lectin, superfamily member 5 CLIC4 NM_013943 chloride intracellular channel 4 CLN5 NM_006493 ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 5 CLN6 NM_017882 CLN6 protein CLN8 NM_018941 CLN8 protein CLPS NM_001832 colipase preproprotein CLYBL NM_138280 citrate lyase beta like CMYA5 NM_153610 cardiomyopathy associated 5 CNDP2 NM_018235 CNDP dipeptidase 2 (metallopeptidase M20 CNGA2 NM_005140 cyclic nucleotide gated channel alpha 2 CNGA3 NM_001298 cyclic nucleotide gated channel alpha 3 CNGB1 NM_001297 cyclic nucleotide gated channel beta 1 CNNM1 NM_020348 cyclin M1 CNNM3 NM_017623 cyclin M3 isoform 1 CNOT4 NM_013316 CCR4-NOT transcription complex, subunit 4 CNP NM_033133 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′ phosphodiesterase CNTD1 NM_173478 hypothetical protein LOC124817 CNTD2 NM_024877 hypothetical protein LOC79935 CNTNAP2 NM_014141 cell recognition molecule Caspr2 precursor COG4 NM_015386 component of oligomeric golgi complex 4 COG5 NM_006348 component of oligomeric golgi complex 5 isoform COL12A1 NM_004370 collagen, type XII, alpha 1 long isoform COL18A1 NM_030582 alpha 1 type XVIII collagen isoform 1 precursor COL1A1 NM_000088 alpha 1 type I collagen preproprotein COL21A1 NM_030820 collagen, type XXI, alpha 1 precursor COL24A1 NM_152890 collagen, type XXIV, alpha 1 COL4A4 NM_000092 alpha 4 type IV collagen precursor COL4A5 NM_000495 alpha 5 type IV collagen isoform 1, precursor COL5A2 NM_000393 alpha 2 type V collagen preproprotein COL5A3 NM_015719 collagen, type V, alpha 3 preproprotein COL9A1 NM_001851 alpha 1 type IX collagen isoform 1 precursor COL9A2 NM_001852 alpha 2 type IX collagen COMMD2 NM_016094 COMM domain containing 2 COMMD5 NM_014066 hypertension-related calcium-regulated gene COMMD7 NM_053041 COMM domain containing 7 COPA NM_004371 coatomer protein complex, subunit alpha COPZ1 NM_016057 coatomer protein complex, subunit zeta 1 COQ5 NM_032314 hypothetical protein LOC84274 COQ9 NM_020312 hypothetical protein LOC57017 CORIN NM_006587 corin CORO1B NM_001018070 coronin, actin binding protein, 1B CORO2B NM_006091 coronin, actin binding protein, 2B COTL1 NM_021149 coactosin-like 1 COVA1 NM_006375 cytosolic ovarian carcinoma antigen 1 isoform a COX4NB NM_006067 neighbor of COX4 COX7A2L NM_004718 cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIa polypeptide 2 CP110 NM_014711 CP110 protein CPAMD8 NM_015692 C3 and PZP-like, alpha-2-macroglobulin domain CPB2 NM_001872 plasma carboxypeptidase B2 isoform a CPD NM_001304 carboxypeptidase D precursor CPLX2 NM_001008220 complexin 2 CPM NM_001005502 carboxypeptidase M precursor CPNE3 NM_003909 copine III CPOX NM_000097 coproporphyrinogen oxidase CPSF2 NM_017437 cleavage and polyadenylation specific factor 2 CPSF3L NM_032179 related to CPSF subunits 68 kDa isoform 2 CRAMP1L NM_020825 Crm, cramped-like CREB1 NM_004379 cAMP responsive element binding protein 1 CREB3L2 NM_194071 cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like CREB5 NM_001011666 cAMP responsive element binding protein 5 CREBL2 NM_001310 cAMP responsive element binding protein-like 2 CREG2 NM_153836 cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes 2 CRELD1 NM_001031717 cysteine-rich with EGF-like domains 1 isoform 1 CRISPLD2 NM_031476 cysteine-rich secretory protein LCCL domain CRK NM_005206 v-crk sarcoma virus CT10 oncogene homolog CRLF3 NM_015986 cytokine receptor-like factor 3 CRNKL1 NM_016652 crooked neck-like 1 protein CRSP2 NM_004229 cofactor required for Sp1 transcriptional CRSP7 NM_004831 cofactor required for Sp1 transcriptional CRTC3 NM_022769 transducer of regulated CREB protein 3 CRX NM_000554 cone-rod homeobox protein CSDC2 NM_014460 RNA-binding protein pippin CSF1 NM_172212 colony stimulating factor 1 isoform a precursor CSF2RA NM_006140 colony stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha chain CSMD1 NM_033225 CUB and Sushi multiple domains 1 CSNK1G1 NM_001011664 casein kinase 1, gamma 1 isoform L CSNK1G3 NM_001031812 casein kinase 1, gamma 3 isoform 2 CSNK2A1 NM_001895 casein kinase II alpha 1 subunit isoform a CSPG3 NM_004386 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 3 (neurocan) CSRP3 NM_003476 cysteine and glycine-rich protein 3 CSTB NM_000100 cystatin B CTAGE1 NM_172241 cutaneous T-cell lymphoma-associated antigen 1 CTDSP2 NM_005730 nuclear LIM interactor-interacting factor 2 CTF1 NM_001330 cardiotrophin 1 CTGF NM_001901 connective tissue growth factor CTH NM_001902 cystathionase isoform 1 CTLA4 NM_005214 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 CTNNBIP1 NM_001012329 catenin, beta interacting protein 1 CTNND1 NM_001331 catenin (cadherin-associated protein), delta 1 CTSB NM_001908 cathepsin B preproprotein CTSC NM_148170 cathepsin C isoform b precursor CTSD NM_001909 cathepsin D preproprotein CTSS NM_004079 cathepsin S preproprotein CTTN NM_005231 cortactin isoform a CTXN1 NM_206833 cortexin 1 CUBN NM_001081 cubilin CUGBP2 NM_001025076 CUG triplet repeat, RNA binding protein 2 CUL3 NM_003590 cullin 3 CUL5 NM_003478 Vasopressin-activated calcium-mobilizing CWF19L1 NM_018294 CWF19-like 1, cell cycle control CX3CL1 NM_002996 chemokine (C—X3—C motif) ligand 1 CXCL12 NM_000609 chemokine (C—X—C motif) ligand 12 (stromal CXCL14 NM_004887 small inducible cytokine B14 precursor CXCL9 NM_002416 small inducible cytokine B9 precursor CXorf21 NM_025159 hypothetical protein LOC80231 CXorf23 NM_198279 hypothetical protein LOC256643 CXorf34 NM_024917 hypothetical protein LOC79979 CXorf38 NM_144970 hypothetical protein LOC159013 CXorf53 NM_001018055 BRCA1/BRCA2-containing complex subunit 36 CXXC5 NM_016463 CXXC finger 5 CXXC6 NM_030625 CXXC finger 6 CYB561D1 NM_182580 cytochrome b-561 domain containing 1 CYB5B NM_030579 cytochrome b5 outer mitochondrial membrane CYB5D1 NM_144607 hypothetical protein LOC124637 CYBRD1 NM_024843 cytochrome b reductase 1 CYCS NM_018947 cytochrome c CYFIP2 NM_014376 cytoplasmic FMR1 interacting protein 2 CYLC2 NM_001340 cylicin 2 CYLD NM_015247 ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase CYLD CYLN2 NM_003388 cytoplasmic linker 2 isoform 1 CYP11B1 NM_000497 cytochrome P450, family 11, subfamily B, CYP11B2 NM_000498 cytochrome P450, subfamily XIB polypeptide 2 CYP1A2 NM_000761 cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, CYP26B1 NM_019885 cytochrome P450, family 26, subfamily b, CYP2B6 NM_000767 cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily B, CYP2C9 NM_000771 cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, CYP8B1 NM_004391 cytochrome P450, family 8, subfamily B, D2HGDH NM_152783 D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase DAB2 NM_001343 disabled homolog 2 DAPK1 NM_004938 death-associated protein kinase 1 DAPK2 NM_014326 death-associated protein kinase 2 DBF4 NM_006716 activator of S phase kinase DBT NM_001918 dihydrolipoamide branched chain transacylase DCAKD NM_024819 dephospho-CoA kinase domain containing DCAMKL1 NM_004734 doublecortin and CaM kinase-like 1 DCLRE1C NM_001033855 artemis protein isoform a DCST2 NM_144622 hypothetical protein LOC127579 DCTD NM_001012732 dCMP deaminase isoform a DCTN4 NM_016221 dynactin 4 (p62) DCTN5 NM_032486 dynactin 4 DCX NM_000555 doublecortin isoform a DDAH1 NM_012137 dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 DDEFL1 NM_017707 development and differentiation enhancing DDI1 NM_001001711 hypothetical protein LOC414301 DDI2 NM_032341 DNA-damage inducible protein 2 DDIT4L NM_145244 DNA-damage-inducible transcript 4-like DDR1 NM_001954 discoidin domain receptor family, member 1 DDX11 NM_004399 DEAD/H (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp/His) box polypeptide 11 DDX17 NM_006386 DEAD box polypeptide 17 isoform p82 DDX23 NM_004818 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 23 DEDD2 NM_133328 death effector domain-containing DNA binding DEFA3 NM_005217 defensin, alpha 3 preproprotein DEFA6 NM_001926 defensin, alpha 6 preproprotein DEGS1 NM_003676 degenerative spermatocyte homolog 1, lipid DENND1C NM_024898 hypothetical protein LOC79958 DENND2C NM_198459 DENN/MADD domain containing 2C DERA NM_015954 2-deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase homolog DERL3 NM_001002862 derlin-3 protein isoform b DFFA NM_213566 DNA fragmentation factor, 45 kDa, alpha DFFB NM_001004285 DNA fragmentation factor, 40 kD, beta DGKB NM_004080 diacylglycerol kinase, beta isoform 1 DGKQ NM_001347 diacylglycerol kinase, theta DHCR24 NM_014762 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase precursor DHDDS NM_024887 dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase isoform a DHFR NM_000791 dihydrofolate reductase DHRS7B NM_015510 hypothetical protein LOC25979 DHRS9 NM_005771 NADP-dependent retinol dehydrogenase/reductase DHTKD1 NM_018706 dehydrogenase E1 and transketolase domain DHX30 NM_138614 DEAH (Asp-Glu-Ala-His) box polypeptide 30 DHX37 NM_032656 DEAH (Asp-Glu-Ala-His) box polypeptide 37 DIAPH1 NM_005219 diaphanous 1 DIDO1 NM_033081 death inducer-obliterator 1 isoform c DIP13B NM_018171 DIP13 beta DIP2B NM_173602 hypothetical protein LOC57609 DIP2C NM_014974 hypothetical protein LOC22982 DIRAS1 NM_145173 small GTP-binding tumor suppressor 1 DIRAS2 NM_017594 Di-Ras2 DIRC1 NM_052952 hypothetical protein LOC116093 DISC1 NM_001012957 disrupted in schizophrenia 1 isoform Lv DIXDC1 NM_033425 DIX domain containing 1 isoform b DJ122O8.2 NM_020466 hypothetical protein LOC57226 DKFZP434B0335 NM_015395 hypothetical protein LOC25851 DKFZp434I1020 NM_194295 hypothetical protein LOC196968 DKFZp547H025 NM_020161 hypothetical protein LOC56918 DKFZp564K142 NM_032121 implantation-associated protein DKFZp686K16132 NM_001012987 hypothetical protein LOC388957 DKFZp686O24166 NM_001009913 hypothetical protein LOC374383 DKFZp761B107 NM_173463 hypothetical protein LOC91050 DKFZp761E198 NM_138368 hypothetical protein LOC91056 DKFZp779B1540 NM_001010903 hypothetical protein LOC389384 DLC1 NM_006094 deleted in liver cancer 1 isoform 2 DLEC1 NM_007335 deleted in lung and esophageal cancer 1 isoform DLG3 NM_021120 synapse-associated protein 102 DLGAP2 NM_004745 discs large-associated protein 2 DLX1 NM_178120 distal-less homeobox 1 isoform 1 DMBX1 NM_147192 diencephalon/mesencephalon homeobox 1 isoform b DMTF1 NM_021145 cyclin D binding myb-like transcription factor DNAH11 NM_003777 dynein, axonemal, heavy polypeptide 11 DNAJA4 NM_018602 DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily A, member 4 DNAJC11 NM_018198 DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily C, member 11 DNAJC14 NM_032364 dopamine receptor interacting protein DNAJC18 NM_152686 DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily C, member 18 DNAL4 NM_005740 dynein light chain 4, axonemal DNASE1L1 NM_001009932 deoxyribonuclease I-like 1 precursor DNASE2 NM_001375 deoxyribonuclease II, lysosomal precursor DNMT3A NM_022552 DNA cytosine methyltransferase 3 alpha isoform DOC2B NM_003585 double C2-like domains, beta DOCK1 NM_001380 dedicator of cytokinesis 1 DOCK2 NM_004946 dedicator of cytokinesis 2 DOCK3 NM_004947 dedicator of cytokinesis 3 DOCK9 NM_015296 dedicator of cytokinesis 9 DPCR1 NM_080870 diffuse panbronchiolitis critical region 1 DPF3 NM_012074 D4, zinc and double PHD fingers, family 3 DPY19L2 NM_173812 hypothetical protein LOC283417 DPYSL3 NM_001387 dihydropyrimidinase-like 3 DQX1 NM_133637 DEAQ box polypeptide 1 (RNA-dependent ATPase) DSCAM NM_206887 Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule isoform DTNA NM_001390 dystrobrevin alpha isoform 1 DTNB NM_021907 dystrobrevin, beta isoform 1 DTWD2 NM_173666 DTW domain containing 2 DTX1 NM_004416 deltex homolog 1 DTX3L NM_138287 deltex 3-like DUSP13 NM_001007271 muscle-restricted dual specificity phosphatase DUSP4 NM_001394 dual specificity phosphatase 4 isoform 1 DUT NM_001025248 dUTP pyrophosphatase isoform 1 precursor DUX1 NM_012146 double homeobox, 1 DUXA NM_001012729 hypothetical protein LOC503835 DVL3 NM_004423 dishevelled 3 DYNC2LI1 NM_016008 dynein 2 light intermediate chain isoform 1 DYRK1B NM_004714 dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation DZIP1 NM_014934 DAZ interacting protein 1 isoform 1 E2F2 NM_004091 E2F transcription factor 2 E2F3 NM_001949 E2F transcription factor 3 EAF1 NM_033083 ELL associated factor 1 EARS2 NM_133451 hypothetical protein LOC124454 EBI3 NM_005755 Epstein-Barr virus induced gene 3 precursor ECM2 NM_001393 extracellular matrix protein 2 precursor ECOP NM_030796 EGFR-coamplified and overexpressed protein EDA2R NM_021783 X-linked ectodysplasin receptor EDARADD NM_080738 EDAR-associated death domain isoform B EDEM1 NM_014674 ER degradation enhancer, mannosidase alpha-like EDG4 NM_004720 endothelial differentiation, lysophosphatidic EDN3 NM_000114 endothelin 3 isoform 1 preproprotein EEF2K NM_013302 elongation factor-2 kinase EFCAB5 NM_001033562 EF-hand calcium binding domain 5 isoform 2 EFEMP1 NM_004105 EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix EFNA1 NM_004428 ephrin A1 isoform a precursor EFNA3 NM_004952 ephrin A3 EFNB3 NM_001406 ephrin-B3 precursor EFS NM_005864 embryonal Fyn-associated substrate isoform 1 EGFR NM_201284 epidermal growth factor receptor isoform d EGLN1 NM_022051 egl nine homolog 1 EGR1 NM_001964 early growth response 1 EHD2 NM_014601 EH-domain containing 2 EIF2AK2 NM_002759 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha EIF2AK3 NM_004836 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha EIF2AK4 NM_001013703 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha EIF2C1 NM_012199 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 1 EIF4EBP2 NM_004096 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E EIF4ENIF1 NM_019843 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E EIF5 NM_001969 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5 ELAC1 NM_018696 elaC homolog 1 ELF4 NM_001421 E74-like factor 4 (ets domain transcription ELF5 NM_001422 E74-like factor 5 ESE-2b ELK1 NM_005229 ELK1 protein ELK4 NM_021795 ELK4 protein isoform b ELMO1 NM_014800 engulfment and cell motility 1 isoform 1 ELMO2 NM_133171 engulfment and cell motility 2 ELMOD1 NM_018712 ELMO domain containing 1 ELOF1 NM_032377 elongation factor 1 homolog (ELF1, S. ELOVL5 NM_021814 homolog of yeast long chain polyunsaturated ELOVL6 NM_024090 ELOVL family member 6, elongation of long chain EME1 NM_152463 essential meiotic endonuclease 1 homolog 1 EMID1 NM_133455 EMI domain containing 1 EMP1 NM_001423 epithelial membrane protein 1 EMR2 NM_013447 egf-like module containing, mucin-like, hormone ENAH NM_001008493 enabled homolog isoform a ENAM NM_031889 enamelin ENO1 NM_001428 enolase 1 ENPP1 NM_006208 ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase ENPP5 NM_021572 ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase ENPP6 NM_153343 ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase ENSA NM_207043 endosulfine alpha isoform 2 ENTPD3 NM_001248 ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase EP400 NM_015409 E1A binding protein p400 EPB41 NM_004437 erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1 EPB41L5 NM_020909 erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1 like 5 EPHA2 NM_004431 ephrin receptor EphA2 EPHA3 NM_005233 ephrin receptor EphA3 isoform a precursor EPHB4 NM_004444 ephrin receptor EphB4 precursor EPM2AIP1 NM_014805 EPM2A interacting protein 1 EPO NM_000799 erythropoietin precursor ERBB3 NM_001982 erbB-3 isoform 1 precursor ERGIC1 NM_020462 endoplasmic reticulum-golgi intermediate ESAM NM_138961 endothelial cell adhesion molecule ESRRG NM_001438 estrogen-related receptor gamma isoform 1 ET NM_024311 hypothetical protein LOC79157 ETV1 NM_004956 ets variant gene 1 ETV3 NM_005240 ets variant gene 3 ETV6 NM_001987 ets variant gene 6 EVC NM_153717 Ellis van Creveld syndrome protein EXOC2 NM_018303 Sec5 protein EXOC4 NM_021807 SEC8 protein isoform a EXTL3 NM_001440 Reg receptor EYA2 NM_005244 eyes absent 2 isoform a EZH1 NM_001991 enhancer of zeste homolog 1 F11R NM_016946 F11 receptor isoform a precursor F13A1 NM_000129 coagulation factor XIII A1 subunit precursor F2R NM_001992 coagulation factor II receptor precursor F2RL1 NM_005242 coagulation factor II (thrombin) receptor-like 1 F2RL3 NM_003950 coagulation factor II (thrombin) receptor-like 3 FADS2 NM_004265 fatty acid desaturase 2 FADS6 NM_178128 fatty acid desaturase domain family, member 6 FAIM2 NM_012306 Fas apoptotic inhibitory molecule 2 FAM100B NM_182565 hypothetical protein LOC283991 FAM102A NM_203305 early estrogen-induced gene 1 protein isoform b FAM102B NM_001010883 hypothetical protein LOC284611 FAM104A NM_032837 hypothetical protein LOC84923 FAM106A NM_024974 hypothetical protein LOC80039 FAM107A NM_007177 downregulated in renal cell carcinoma FAM107B NM_031453 hypothetical protein LOC83641 FAM111A NM_022074 hypothetical protein LOC63901 FAM117A NM_030802 C/EBP-induced protein FAM11A NM_032508 family with sequence similarity 11, member A FAM19A1 NM_213609 family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine FAM20B NM_014864 family with sequence similarity 20, member B FAM36A NM_198076 family with sequence similarity 36, member A FAM3B NM_058186 family with sequence similarity 3, member B FAM40A NM_033088 hypothetical protein LOC85369 FAM43A NM_153690 hypothetical protein LOC131583 FAM53B NM_014661 hypothetical protein LOC9679 FAM55C NM_145037 hypothetical protein LOC91775 FAM5B NM_021165 BMP/retinoic acid-inducible neural-specific FAM60A NM_021238 family with sequence similarity 60, member A FAM62C NM_031913 family with sequence similarity 62 (C2 domain FAM71C NM_153364 hypothetical protein LOC196472 FAM81A NM_152450 hypothetical protein LOC145773 FAM83E NM_017708 hypothetical protein LOC54854 FAM83F NM_138435 hypothetical protein LOC113828 FAM83H NM_198488 hypothetical protein LOC286077 FAM89B NM_152832 Mouse Mammary Turmor Virus Receptor homolog 1 FAM98B NM_173611 hypothetical protein LOC283742 FANCC NM_000136 Fanconi anemia, complementation group C FANCD2 NM_033084 Fanconi anemia complementation group D2 isoform FATE1 NM_033085 fetal and adult testis expressed transcript FBS1 NM_022452 fibrosin 1 FBXL11 NM_012308 F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 11 FBXO16 NM_172366 F-box only protein 16 FBXO21 NM_015002 F-box only protein 21 isoform 2 FBXO27 NM_178820 F-box protein 27 FBXO31 NM_024735 F-box protein 31 FBXO34 NM_017943 F-box only protein 34 FBXO44 NM_001014765 F-box protein 44 isoform 1 FBXO9 NM_012347 F-box only protein 9 isoform 1 FBXW11 NM_012300 F-box and WD-40 domain protein 1B isoform C FBXW8 NM_012174 F-box and WD-40 domain protein 8 isoform 2 FCER2 NM_002002 Fc fragment of IgE, low affinity II, receptor FCGR3A NM_000569 Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIIa, receptor FCGR3B NM_000570 low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region FCHSD1 NM_033449 FCH and double SH3 domains 1 FCMD NM_006731 fukutin FEM1C NM_020177 feminization 1 homolog a FGA NM_021871 fibrinogen, alpha polypeptide isoform alpha FGD6 NM_018351 FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 6 FGF1 NM_000800 fibroblast growth factor 1 (acidic) isoform 1 FGF19 NM_005117 fibroblast growth factor 19 precursor FGFR1 NM_023107 fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 isoform 5 FHIT NM_002012 fragile histidine triad gene FIS NM_175616 hypothetical protein LOC202299 FKBP10 NM_021939 FK506 binding protein 10, 65 kDa FKBP1A NM_000801 FK506-binding protein 1A FKBP5 NM_004117 FK506 binding protein 5 FKBP9 NM_007270 FK506 binding protein 9 FKBP9L NM_182827 FK506 binding protein 9-like FKRP NM_024301 fukutin-related protein FKSG44 NM_031904 FKSG44 protein FLJ10159 NM_018013 hypothetical protein LOC55084 FLJ10324 NM_018059 hypothetical protein LOC55698 FLJ10357 NM_018071 hypothetical protein LOC55701 FLJ10490 NM_018111 hypothetical protein LOC55150 FLJ10803 NM_018224 hypothetical protein LOC55744 FLJ10815 NM_018231 amino acid transporter FLJ11021 NM_023012 hypothetical protein LOC65117 isoform a FLJ11151 NM_018340 hypothetical protein LOC55313 FLJ11171 NM_018348 hypothetical protein LOC55783 FLJ11259 NM_018370 hypothetical protein LOC55332 FLJ11292 NM_018382 hypothetical protein LOC55338 FLJ11806 NM_024824 nuclear protein UKp68 isoform 1 FLJ12505 NM_024749 hypothetical protein LOC79805 FLJ12681 NM_022773 hypothetical protein LOC64788 FLJ12700 NM_024910 hypothetical protein LOC79970 FLJ12949 NM_023008 hypothetical protein LOC65095 isoform 1 FLJ13197 NM_024614 hypothetical protein LOC79667 FLJ14001 NM_024677 hypothetical protein LOC79730 FLJ14213 NM_024841 hypothetical protein LOC79899 FLJ14397 NM_032779 hypothetical protein LOC84865 FLJ14816 NM_032845 hypothetical protein LOC84931 FLJ14834 NM_032849 hypothetical protein LOC84935 FLJ20032 NM_017628 hypothetical protein LOC54790 FLJ20035 NM_017631 hypothetical protein LOC55601 FLJ20160 NM_017694 hypothetical protein LOC54842 FLJ20186 NM_207514 differentially expressed in FDCP 8 isoform 1 FLJ20297 NM_017751 hypothetical protein LOC55627 isoform 1 FLJ20581 NM_017888 hypothetical protein LOC54988 FLJ20582 NM_014106 hypothetical protein LOC54989 FLJ20628 NM_017910 hypothetical protein LOC55006 FLJ20701 NM_017933 hypothetical protein LOC55022 FLJ20758 NM_017952 hypothetical protein LOC55037 FLJ20972 NM_025030 hypothetical protein LOC80098 FLJ21865 NM_022759 endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase FLJ21963 NM_024560 hypothetical protein LOC79611 FLJ22795 NM_025084 hypothetical protein LOC80154 FLJ23322 NM_024955 hypothetical protein LOC80020 FLJ23834 NM_152750 hypothetical protein LOC222256 FLJ25996 NM_001001699 hypothetical protein LOC401109 FLJ26175 NM_001001668 hypothetical protein LOC388566 FLJ27365 NM_207477 hypothetical protein LOC400931 FLJ31222 NM_207388 hypothetical protein LOC388387 FLJ31568 NM_152509 hypothetical protein LOC150244 FLJ31875 NM_182531 hypothetical protein LOC197320 FLJ32011 NM_182516 hypothetical protein LOC148930 FLJ32130 NM_152458 hypothetical protein LOC146540 FLJ32312 NM_144709 hypothetical protein LOC150962 FLJ32447 NM_153038 hypothetical protein LOC151278 FLJ32569 NM_152491 hypothetical protein LOC148811 FLJ32894 NM_144667 hypothetical protein LOC144360 FLJ32926 NM_144577 hypothetical protein LOC93233 FLJ32955 NM_153041 hypothetical protein LOC150596 FLJ33387 NM_182526 hypothetical protein LOC161145 FLJ33860 NM_173644 hypothetical protein LOC284756 FLJ34931 NM_001029883 hypothetical protein LOC388939 FLJ35409 NM_001001688 hypothetical protein LOC400765 FLJ35429 NM_001003807 hypothetical protein LOC285830 FLJ35740 NM_147195 FLJ35740 protein FLJ35773 NM_152599 hypothetical protein LOC162387 FLJ35880 NM_153264 hypothetical protein LOC256076 FLJ36268 NM_207511 hypothetical protein LOC401563 FLJ36492 NM_182568 hypothetical protein LOC284047 FLJ36874 NM_152716 hypothetical protein LOC219988 FLJ37927 NM_152623 hypothetical protein LOC166979 FLJ38288 NM_173632 hypothetical protein LOC284309 FLJ38663 NM_152269 hypothetical protein LOC91574 FLJ38973 NM_153689 hypothetical protein LOC205327 FLJ38991 NM_001033760 mitochondrial COX18 isoform 5 FLJ39370 NM_152400 hypothetical protein LOC132720 FLJ39531 NM_207445 hypothetical protein LOC400360 FLJ39743 NM_182562 hypothetical protein LOC283777 FLJ40142 NM_207435 hypothetical protein LOC400073 FLJ40852 NM_173677 hypothetical protein LOC285962 FLJ41423 NM_001001679 hypothetical protein LOC399886 FLJ41733 NM_207473 hypothetical protein LOC400870 FLJ41841 NM_207499 hypothetical protein LOC401263 FLJ41993 NM_001001694 hypothetical protein LOC400935 FLJ42102 NM_001001680 hypothetical protein LOC399923 FLJ42418 NM_001001695 hypothetical protein LOC400941 FLJ42953 NM_207474 hypothetical protein LOC400892 FLJ43339 NM_207380 hypothetical protein LOC388115 FLJ43505 NM_207468 hypothetical protein LOC400823 FLJ43582 NM_207412 hypothetical protein LOC389649 FLJ43879 NM_001001698 hypothetical protein LOC401039 FLJ43980 NM_001004299 hypothetical protein LOC124149 FLJ44691 NM_198506 hypothetical protein LOC345193 FLJ45079 NM_001001685 hypothetical protein LOC400624 FLJ45121 NM_207451 hypothetical protein LOC400556 FLJ45139 NM_001001692 hypothetical protein LOC400867 FLJ45202 NM_207507 hypothetical protein LOC401508 FLJ45422 NM_001004349 hypothetical protein LOC441140 FLJ45645 NM_198557 hypothetical protein LOC375287 FLJ45684 NM_207462 hypothetical protein LOC400666 FLJ45831 NM_001001684 hypothetical protein LOC400576 FLJ45850 NM_207395 hypothetical protein LOC388569 FLJ45909 NM_198445 hypothetical protein LOC126432 FLJ45910 NM_207390 hypothetical protein LOC388512 FLJ45964 NM_207483 hypothetical protein LOC401040 FLJ46010 NM_001001703 hypothetical protein LOC401191 FLJ46026 NM_207458 hypothetical protein LOC400627 FLJ46154 NM_198462 FLJ46154 protein FLJ46230 NM_207463 hypothetical protein LOC400679 FLJ46257 NM_001001693 hypothetical protein LOC400932 FLJ46266 NM_207430 hypothetical protein LOC399949 FLJ46347 NM_001005303 hypothetical protein LOC389064 FLJ46363 NM_207434 hypothetical protein LOC400002 FLJ46365 NM_207504 hypothetical protein LOC401459 FLJ46481 NM_207405 hypothetical protein LOC389197 FLJ46688 NM_001004330 hypothetical protein LOC440107 FLJ46831 NM_207426 forkhead box I2 FLJ46838 NM_001007546 hypothetical protein LOC440865 FLJ90757 NM_001004336 hypothetical protein LOC440465 FLOT1 NM_005803 flotillin 1 FLOT2 NM_004475 flotillin 2 FLT1 NM_002019 fms-related tyrosine kinase 1 (vascular FLT4 NM_182925 fms-related tyrosine kinase 4 isoform 1 FLYWCH1 NM_032296 FLYWCH-type zinc finger 1 isoform a FMNL3 NM_175736 formin-like 3 isoform 1 FMO4 NM_002022 flavin containing monooxygenase 4 FMOD NM_002023 fibromodulin precursor FN1 NM_002026 fibronectin 1 isoform 3 preproprotein FNDC1 NM_032532 fibronectin type III domain containing 1 FNDC5 NM_153756 fibronectin type III domain containing 5 FNDC8 NM_017559 hypothetical protein LOC54752 FNTB NM_002028 farnesyltransferase, CAAX box, beta FOSB NM_006732 FBJ murine osteosarcoma viral oncogene homolog FOSL2 NM_005253 FOS-like antigen 2 FOXJ2 NM_018416 forkhead box J2 FOXJ3 NM_014947 forkhead box J3 FOXK2 NM_181430 forkhead box K2 isoform 2 FOXO1A NM_002015 forkhead box O1A FOXP1 NM_032682 forkhead box P1 isoform 1 FRMD1 NM_024919 FERM domain containing 1 FRMPD2 NM_001017929 FERM and PDZ domain containing 2 isoform 2 FSCN1 NM_003088 fascin 1 FSD1L NM_207647 fibronectin type III and SPRY domain containing FST NM_006350 follistatin isoform FST317 precursor FSTL4 NM_015082 follistatin-like 4 FTSJ1 NM_012280 FtsJ homolog 1 isoform a FUNDC2 NM_023934 FUN14 domain containing 2 FUSIP1 NM_006625 FUS interacting protein (serine-arginine rich) 1 FUT2 NM_000511 fucosyltransferase 2 (secretor status included) FUT4 NM_002033 fucosyltransferase 4 FUT6 NM_000150 fucosyltransferase 6 (alpha (1, 3) FXYD3 NM_005971 FXYD domain containing ion transport regulator 3 FYCO1 NM_024513 FYVE and coiled-coil domain containing 1 FZD1 NM_003505 frizzled 1 GAB2 NM_012296 GRB2-associated binding protein 2 isoform b GABARAPL1 NM_031412 GABA(A) receptor-associated protein like 1 GABBR1 NM_001470 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptor 1 GABRA4 NM_000809 gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor, alpha 4 GABRB3 NM_000814 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta GABRE NM_004961 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, GABRG1 NM_173536 gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor, gamma 1 GABRG2 NM_000816 gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor, gamma 2 GABRR2 NM_002043 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor, rho 2 GALC NM_000153 galactosylceramidase isoform a precursor GALM NM_138801 galactose mutarotase (aldose 1-epimerase) GALNT13 NM_052917 UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide GALNT3 NM_004482 polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 GALNT6 NM_007210 polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 GALNTL2 NM_054110 UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide GALT NM_000155 galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase GAPVD1 NM_015635 GTPase activating protein and VPS9 domains 1 GARNL1 NM_014990 GTPase activating Rap/RanGAP domain-like 1 GARNL4 NM_015085 GTPase activating Rap/RanGAP domain-like 4 GAS2L1 NM_152237 growth arrest-specific 2 like 1 isoform b GAS7 NM_003644 growth arrest-specific 7 isoform a GATA4 NM_002052 GATA binding protein 4 GATAD1 NM_021167 GATA zinc finger domain containing 1 GATM NM_001482 glycine amidinotransferase (L-arginine:glycine GATS NM_178831 opposite strand transcription unit to STAG3 GCLM NM_002061 glutamate-cysteine ligase regulatory protein GCM1 NM_003643 glial cells missing homolog a GCNT1 NM_001490 beta-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein GCNT2 NM_001491 glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 2, Gcom1 NM_001018097 GRINL1A combined protein isoform 8 GDAP2 NM_017686 ganglioside induced differentiation associated GDF10 NM_004962 growth differentiation factor 10 precursor GDF6 NM_001001557 growth differentiation factor 6 GDPD4 NM_182833 glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase domain Gene_symbol hsa-miR-143 targets Gene_name GFOD1 NM_018988 glucose-fructose oxidoreductase domain GFOD2 NM_030819 hypothetical protein LOC81577 GFPT1 NM_002056 glucosamine-fructose-6-phosphate GFPT2 NM_005110 glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 2 GGA2 NM_015044 ADP-ribosylation factor binding protein 2 GGT6 NM_153338 gamma-glutamyltransferase 6 homolog GGTL3 NM_178025 gamma-glutamyltransferase-like 3 isoform b GHR NM_000163 growth hormone receptor precursor GIF NM_005142 gastric intrinsic factor (vitamin B synthesis) GIMAP6 NM_001007224 GTPase, IMAP family member 6 isoform 3 GIT2 NM_014776 G protein-coupled receptor kinase-interactor 2 GJC1 NM_152219 gap junction protein, chi 1, 31.9 kDa (connexin GLB1L NM_024506 galactosidase, beta 1-like GLDC NM_000170 glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating; glycine GLI3 NM_000168 GLI-Kruppel family member GLI3 GLP1R NM_002062 glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor GLT25D2 NM_015101 glycosyltransferase 25 domain containing 2 GLYATL2 NM_145016 hypothetical protein LOC219970 GMEB2 NM_012384 glucocorticoid modulatory element binding GMFB NM_004124 glia maturation factor, beta GNA15 NM_002068 guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), GNAI1 NM_002069 guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), GNAL NM_002071 guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), GNAS NM_016592 guanine nucleotide binding protein, alpha GNB3 NM_002075 guanine nucleotide-binding protein, beta-3 GNB4 NM_021629 guanine nucleotide-binding protein, beta-4 GNB5 NM_006578 guanine nucleotide-binding protein, beta-5 GNG12 NM_018841 G-protein gamma-12 subunit GNG4 NM_004485 guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), GNG7 NM_052847 guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), GNL3 NM_014366 guanine nucleotide binding protein-like 3 GNPNAT1 NM_198066 glucosamine-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1 GNS NM_002076 glucosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase precursor GOLGA NM_018652 golgin-like protein GOLGA1 NM_002077 golgin 97 GOLGA4 NM_002078 golgi autoantigen, golgin subfamily a, 4 GOLPH2 NM_016548 golgi phosphoprotein 2 GORASP1 NM_031899 Golgi reassembly stacking protein 1 GOSR1 NM_001007024 golgi SNAP receptor complex member 1 isoform 3 GOT1 NM_002079 aspartate aminotransferase 1 GOT2 NM_002080 aspartate aminotransferase 2 precursor GP5 NM_004488 glycoprotein V (platelet) GP6 NM_016363 glycoprotein VI (platelet) GPA33 NM_005814 transmembrane glycoprotein A33 precursor GPC1 NM_002081 glypican 1 precursor GPC2 NM_152742 glypican 2 GPIAP1 NM_005898 membrane component chromosome 11 surface marker GPR109A NM_177551 G protein-coupled receptor 109A GPR109B NM_006018 G protein-coupled receptor 109B GPR135 NM_022571 G protein-coupled receptor 135 GPR176 NM_007223 putative G protein coupled receptor GPR180 NM_180989 G protein-coupled receptor 180 precursor GPR26 NM_153442 G protein-coupled receptor 26 GPR62 NM_080865 G protein-coupled receptor 62 GPR83 NM_016540 G protein-coupled receptor 83 GPRC5A NM_003979 G protein-coupled receptor, family C, group 5, GPRC5B NM_016235 G protein-coupled receptor, family C, group 5, GPSM3 NM_022107 G-protein signalling modulator 3 (AGS3-like, C. GPX3 NM_002084 plasma glutathione peroxidase 3 precursor GRAMD1A NM_020895 hypothetical protein LOC57655 GRAMD2 NM_001012642 hypothetical protein LOC196996 GRHL2 NM_024915 transcription factor CP2-like 3 GRIA2 NM_000826 glutamate receptor, ionotropic, AMPA 2 GRIN2B NM_000834 N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 2B GRINL1A NM_001018103 glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl GRIPAP1 NM_020137 GRIP1 associated protein 1 isoform 1 GRK1 NM_002929 rhodopsin kinase GSDMDC1 NM_024736 gasdermin domain containing 1 GSTA4 NM_001512 glutathione S-transferase A4 GSTM4 NM_147149 glutathione S-transferase M4 isoform 3 GTF2I NM_001518 general transcription factor II, i isoform 4 GTPBP1 NM_004286 GTP binding protein 1 GTPBP3 NM_032620 GTP binding protein 3 (mitochondrial) isoform V GUSBL2 NM_206910 hypothetical protein LOC375513 isoform 2 H2AFY2 NM_018649 core histone macroH2A2.2 H2BFWT NM_001002916 H2B histone family, member W, testis-specific H6PD NM_004285 hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase precursor HABP2 NM_004132 hyaluronan binding protein 2 HAGHL NM_207112 hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase-like isoform 1 HAPLN4 NM_023002 brain link protein 2 HAS3 NM_005329 hyaluronan synthase 3 isoform a HBS1L NM_006620 HBS1-like hCAP-H2 NM_152299 kleisin beta isoform 2 HCCS NM_005333 holocytochrome c synthase (cytochrome c HCG9 NM_005844 hypothetical protein LOC10255 HCP1 NM_080669 heme carrier protein 1 HDAC4 NM_006037 histone deacetylase 4 HDAC7A NM_015401 histone deacetylase 7A isoform a HECA NM_016217 headcase HECTD1 NM_015382 HECT domain containing 1 HECW2 NM_020760 HECT, C2 and WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin HEMK1 NM_016173 HemK methyltransferase family member 1 HES2 NM_019089 hairy and enhancer of split homolog 2 HFE NM_000410 hemochromatosis protein isoform 1 precursor HGF NM_001010934 hepatocyte growth factor isoform 5 precursor HGS NM_004712 hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine HHAT NM_018194 hedgehog acyltransferase HHLA2 NM_007072 HERV-H LTR-associating 2 HIATL1 NM_032558 hypothetical protein LOC84641 HIG2 NM_013332 hypoxia-inducible protein 2 HIGD2A NM_138820 HIG1 domain family, member 2A HIP1 NM_005338 huntingtin interacting protein 1 HIPK1 NM_181358 homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 1 isoform HIST1H4E NM_003545 H4 histone family, member J HK2 NM_000189 hexokinase 2 HKDC1 NM_025130 hexokinase domain containing 1 HKR2 NM_181846 GLI-Kruppel family member HKR2 HLA-A NM_002116 major histocompatibility complex, class I, A HLA-B NM_005514 major histocompatibility complex, class I, B HLA-C NM_002117 major histocompatibility complex, class I, C HLA-DOA NM_002119 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DO HLA-DPA1 NM_033554 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP HLA-DPB1 NM_002121 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP HLA-DQA2 NM_020056 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ HLA-DQB1 NM_002123 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ HLA-E NM_005516 major histocompatibility complex, class I, E HLF NM_002126 hepatic leukemia factor HMBS NM_000190 hydroxymethylbilane synthase isoform 1 HMG2L1 NM_001003681 high-mobility group protein 2-like 1 isoform b HMGA1 NM_002131 high mobility group AT-hook 1 isoform b HMGA2 NM_001015886 high mobility group AT-hook 2 isoform c HMGB1 NM_002128 high-mobility group box 1 HMGCS2 NM_005518 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A synthase 2 HMMR NM_012484 hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor isoform a HN1 NM_001002033 hematological and neurological expressed 1 HNF4A NM_000457 hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha isoform b HNMT NM_001024074 histamine N-methyltransferase isoform 2 HNRPA0 NM_006805 heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A0 HOXA5 NM_019102 homeobox A5 HOXB13 NM_006361 homeobox B13 HOXB9 NM_024017 homeobox B9 HOXC5 NM_018953 homeobox C5 HPCAL4 NM_016257 hippocalcin-like protein 4 HPS5 NM_007216 Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 5 isoform b HPSE NM_006665 heparanase HR NM_005144 hairless protein isoform a HRB NM_004504 HIV-1 Rev binding protein HRH4 NM_021624 histamine H4 receptor HS2ST1 NM_012262 heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase 1 HS3ST2 NM_006043 heparan sulfate D-glucosaminyl HSBP1 NM_001537 heat shock factor binding protein 1 HSD17B1 NM_000413 hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 1 HSDL2 NM_032303 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like 2 HSH2D NM_032855 hematopoietic SH2 domain containing HSPB7 NM_014424 heat shock 27 kDa protein family, member 7 HSPBP1 NM_012267 hsp70-interacting protein HSPC065 NM_014157 hypothetical protein LOC29070 HTR2C NM_000868 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 2C HTR3A NM_000869 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 3A HTR3B NM_006028 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 3B HTR4 NM_000870 serotonin 5-HT4 receptor isoform b HTR6 NM_000871 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 6 HTR7 NM_000872 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 isoform a HUNK NM_014586 hormonally upregulated Neu-associated kinase HYOU1 NM_006389 oxygen regulated protein precursor HYPK NM_016400 Huntingtin interacting protein K IAPP NM_000415 islet amyloid polypeptide precursor IBRDC1 NM_152553 IBR domain containing 1 ICA1 NM_022308 islet cell autoantigen 1 isoform 3 ID4 NM_001546 inhibitor of DNA binding 4, dominant negative IER3 NM_003897 immediate early response 3 isoform short IFIT3 NM_001031683 interferon-induced protein with IFIT5 NM_012420 interferon-induced protein with IFNA14 NM_002172 interferon, alpha 14 IFNA16 NM_002173 interferon, alpha 16 IFNA7 NM_021057 interferon, alpha 7 IGF1 NM_000618 insulin-like growth factor 1 (somatomedin C) IGF2BP1 NM_006546 insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding IGF2R NM_000876 insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor IGFBP3 NM_000598 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 IGFBP5 NM_000599 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 IGFL1 NM_198541 insulin growth factor-like family member 1 IGSF4D NM_153184 immunoglobulin superfamily, member 4D IHPK1 NM_001006115 inositol hexaphosphate kinase 1 isoform 2 IHPK2 NM_001005910 inositol hexaphosphate kinase 2 isoform b IHPK3 NM_054111 inositol hexaphosphate kinase 3 IL10RA NM_001558 interleukin 10 receptor, alpha precursor IL10RB NM_000628 interleukin 10 receptor, beta precursor IL11RA NM_147162 interleukin 11 receptor, alpha isoform 2 IL12RB1 NM_153701 interleukin 12 receptor, beta 1 isoform 2 IL12RB2 NM_001559 interleukin 12 receptor, beta 2 precursor IL13RA1 NM_001560 interleukin 13 receptor, alpha 1 precursor IL16 NM_004513 interleukin 16 isoform 1 precursor IL17C NM_013278 interleukin 17C IL17RD NM_017563 interleukin 17 receptor D IL18 NM_001562 interleukin 18 proprotein IL1F5 NM_012275 interleukin 1 family, member 5 IL1F9 NM_019618 interleukin 1 family, member 9 IL1RAP NM_002182 interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein isoform IL1RL1 NM_003856 interleukin 1 receptor-like 1 isoform 2 IL1RN NM_000577 interleukin 1 receptor antagonist isoform 3 IL22RA2 NM_052962 interleukin 22-binding protein isoform 1 IL27RA NM_004843 class I cytokine receptor IL28RA NM_170743 interleukin 28 receptor, alpha isoform 1 IL2RA NM_000417 interleukin 2 receptor, alpha chain precursor IL3 NM_000588 interleukin 3 precursor IL6R NM_181359 interleukin 6 receptor isoform 2 precursor IL8RA NM_000634 interleukin 8 receptor alpha INCA1 NM_213726 inhibitor of CDK interacting with cyclin A1 ING5 NM_032329 inhibitor of growth family, member 5 INOC1 NM_017553 INO80 complex homolog 1 INPP5E NM_019892 inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase E INSL4 NM_002195 insulin-like 4 precursor INTS2 NM_020748 integrator complex subunit 2 IQCC NM_018134 IQ motif containing C IQCE NM_152558 IQ motif containing E IRAK1 NM_001025242 interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 IRF5 NM_002200 interferon regulatory factor 5 isoform a IRF8 NM_002163 interferon regulatory factor 8 IRX6 NM_024335 iroquois homeobox protein 6 ITGA11 NM_001004439 integrin, alpha 11 precursor ITGA3 NM_002204 integrin alpha 3 isoform a precursor ITGA5 NM_002205 integrin alpha 5 precursor ITGA6 NM_000210 integrin alpha chain, alpha 6 ITGAM NM_000632 integrin alpha M precursor ITGAV NM_002210 integrin alpha-V precursor ITM2B NM_021999 integral membrane protein 2B ITPR1 NM_002222 inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor, type 1 JAG1 NM_000214 jagged 1 precursor JAGN1 NM_032492 jagunal homolog 1 JM11 NM_033626 hypothetical protein LOC90060 JMJD2B NM_015015 jumonji domain containing 2B JMJD2C NM_015061 jumonji domain containing 2C JOSD1 NM_014876 Josephin domain containing 1 JOSD3 NM_024116 Josephin domain containing 3 JPH1 NM_020647 junctophilin 1 JPH3 NM_020655 junctophilin 3 JRK NM_003724 jerky homolog K6IRS4 NM_175053 keratin 6 irs4 KA36 NM_182497 type I hair keratin KA36 KAL1 NM_000216 Kallmann syndrome 1 protein KATNAL1 NM_001014380 katanin p60 subunit A-like 1 KBTBD3 NM_152433 BTB and kelch domain containing 3 KBTBD6 NM_152903 kelch repeat and BTB (POZ) domain-containing 6 KBTBD8 NM_032505 T-cell activation kelch repeat protein KCNA7 NM_031886 potassium voltage-gated channel, shaker-related KCNB1 NM_004975 potassium voltage-gated channel, Shab-related KCND1 NM_004979 potassium voltage-gated channel, Shal-related KCND2 NM_012281 potassium voltage-gated channel, Shal-related KCND3 NM_004980 potassium voltage-gated channel, Shal-related KCNE1L NM_012282 potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related KCNE3 NM_005472 potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related KCNH5 NM_172375 potassium voltage-gated channel, subfamily H, KCNH6 NM_173092 potassium voltage-gated channel, subfamily H, KCNH7 NM_033272 potassium voltage-gated channel, subfamily H, KCNH8 NM_144633 potassium voltage-gated channel, subfamily H, KCNIP1 NM_014592 Kv channel interacting protein 1 isoform 2 KCNIP2 NM_014591 Kv channel interacting protein 2 isoform 1 KCNJ10 NM_002241 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily KCNJ13 NM_002242 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel J13 KCNJ4 NM_004981 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel J4 KCNJ5 NM_000890 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel J5 KCNJ8 NM_004982 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel J8 KCNK2 NM_001017424 potassium channel, subfamily K, member 2 isoform KCNK3 NM_002246 potassium channel, subfamily K, member 3 KCNMA1 NM_001014797 large conductance calcium-activated potassium KCNS2 NM_020697 potassium voltage-gated channel, KCTD10 NM_031954 potassium channel tetramerisation domain KDELC2 NM_153705 KDEL (Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu) containing 2 KEAP1 NM_012289 kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 KENAE NM_176816 hypothetical protein LOC202243 KIAA0125 NM_014792 hypothetical protein LOC9834 KIAA0232 NM_014743 hypothetical protein LOC9778 KIAA0256 NM_014701 hypothetical protein LOC9728 KIAA0265 NM_014997 hypothetical protein LOC23008 KIAA0286 NM_015257 hypothetical protein LOC23306 KIAA0319 NM_014809 KIAA0319 KIAA0319L NM_024874 polycystic kidney disease 1-like isoform a KIAA0329 NM_014844 hypothetical protein LOC9895 KIAA0350 NM_015226 hypothetical protein LOC23274 KIAA0355 NM_014686 hypothetical protein LOC9710 KIAA0427 NM_014772 hypothetical protein LOC9811 KIAA0446 NM_014655 hypothetical protein LOC9673 KIAA0467 NM_015284 KIAA0467 protein KIAA0494 NM_014774 hypothetical protein LOC9813 KIAA0495 NM_207306 KIAA0495 KIAA0513 NM_014732 hypothetical protein LOC9764 KIAA0514 NM_014696 hypothetical protein LOC9721 KIAA0523 NM_015253 hypothetical protein LOC23302 KIAA0553 NM_001002909 hypothetical protein LOC23131 KIAA0644 NM_014817 hypothetical protein LOC9865 KIAA0652 NM_014741 hypothetical protein LOC9776 KIAA0676 NM_015043 hypothetical protein LOC23061 isoform b KIAA0701 NM_001006947 hypothetical protein LOC23074 isoform b KIAA0703 NM_014861 calcium-transporting ATPase 2C2 KIAA0738 NM_014719 hypothetical protein LOC9747 KIAA0773 NM_001031690 hypothetical protein LOC9715 KIAA0789 NM_014653 hypothetical protein LOC9671 KIAA0804 NM_001009921 hypothetical protein LOC23355 isoform a KIAA0831 NM_014924 hypothetical protein LOC22863 KIAA0889 NM_152257 hypothetical protein LOC25781 KIAA0892 NM_015329 hypothetical protein LOC23383 KIAA1008 NM_014953 KIAA1008 KIAA1012 NM_014939 hypothetical protein LOC22878 KIAA1024 NM_015206 hypothetical protein LOC23251 KIAA1128 NM_018999 granule cell antiserum positive 14 KIAA1161 NM_020702 hypothetical protein LOC57462 KIAA1166 NM_018684 hepatocellular carcinoma-associated antigen 127 KIAA1189 NM_001009959 hypothetical protein LOC57471 isoform a KIAA1267 NM_015443 hypothetical protein LOC284058 KIAA1274 NM_014431 KIAA1274 KIAA1328 NM_020776 hypothetical protein LOC57536 KIAA1333 NM_017769 hypothetical protein LOC55632 KIAA1446 NM_020836 likely ortholog of rat brain-enriched guanylate KIAA1456 NM_020844 hypothetical protein LOC57604 KIAA1467 NM_020853 hypothetical protein LOC57613 KIAA1522 NM_020888 hypothetical protein LOC57648 KIAA1576 NM_020927 hypothetical protein LOC57687 KIAA1604 NM_020943 hypothetical protein LOC57703 KIAA1622 NM_020958 HEAT-like repeat-containing protein isoform 2 KIAA1641 NM_020970 hypothetical protein LOC57730 KIAA1706 NM_030636 hypothetical protein LOC80820 KIAA1715 NM_030650 Lunapark KIAA1727 NM_033393 hypothetical protein LOC85462 KIAA1729 NM_053042 hypothetical protein LOC85460 KIAA1737 NM_033426 KIAA1737 protein KIAA1853 NM_194286 KIAA1853 protein KIAA1875 NM_032529 KIAA1875 protein KIAA1909 NM_052909 hypothetical protein LOC153478 KIAA1914 NM_001001936 KIAA1914 protein isoform 1 KIAA1920 NM_052919 hypothetical protein LOC114817 KIAA2022 NM_001008537 hypothetical protein LOC340533 KIF1B NM_015074 kinesin family member 1B isoform b KIF3B NM_004798 kinesin family member 3B KIF3C NM_002254 kinesin family member 3C KIF4A NM_012310 kinesin family member 4 KIF9 NM_022342 kinesin family member 9 isoform 1 KIRREL NM_018240 kin of IRRE like KLC2 NM_022822 likely ortholog of kinesin light chain 2 KLC3 NM_177417 kinesin light chain 3 KLF12 NM_007249 Kruppel-like factor 12 isoform a KLF13 NM_015995 Kruppel-like factor 13 KLF17 NM_173484 zinc finger protein 393 KLF5 NM_001730 Kruppel-like factor 5 KLHDC6 NM_207335 hypothetical protein LOC166348 KLHL20 NM_014458 kelch-like 20 KLHL21 NM_014851 kelch-like 21 KLHL22 NM_032775 kelch-like KLHL24 NM_017644 DRE1 protein KLHL25 NM_022480 BTB/POZ KELCH domain protein KLHL26 NM_018316 hypothetical protein LOC55295 KLHL6 NM_130446 kelch-like 6 KLHL7 NM_001031710 SBBI26 protein isoform 1 KLK13 NM_015596 kallikrein 13 precursor KLK5 NM_012427 kallikrein 5 preproprotein KLRG1 NM_005810 killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G, KM-HN-1 NM_152775 KM-HN-1 protein KNDC1 NM_152643 kinase non-catalytic C-lobe domain (KIND) KPNA1 NM_002264 karyopherin alpha 1 KPNA6 NM_012316 karyopherin alpha 6 KRAS NM_004985 c-K-ras2 protein isoform b KREMEN2 NM_024507 kringle-containing transmembrane protein 2 KRIT1 NM_001013406 krev interaction trapped 1 isoform 2 KRT25A NM_181534 keratin 25A KRT2A NM_000423 keratin 2a KRT2B NM_015848 cytokeratin 2 KRT4 NM_002272 keratin 4 KRTAP1-1 NM_030967 keratin associated protein 1-1 KRTAP4-14 NM_033059 keratin associated protein 4-14 KRTAP4-4 NM_032524 keratin associated protein 4.4 KRTAP9-2 NM_031961 keratin associated protein 9.2 KRTAP9-3 NM_031962 keratin associated protein 9.3 L3MBTL4 NM_173464 hypothetical protein LOC91133 LACE1 NM_145315 lactation elevated 1 LAMB3 NM_000228 laminin subunit beta 3 precursor LAMC1 NM_002293 laminin, gamma 1 precursor LANCL2 NM_018697 LanC lantibiotic synthetase component C-like 2 LARP1 NM_015315 la related protein isoform 1 LARP4 NM_052879 c-Mpl binding protein isoform a LARP5 NM_015155 La ribonucleoprotein domain family, member 5 LASP1 NM_006148 LIM and SH3 protein 1 LASS3 NM_178842 hypothetical protein LOC204219 LBH NM_030915 hypothetical protein DKFZp566J091 LCT NM_002299 lactase-phlorizin hydrolase preproprotein LDB3 NM_007078 LIM domain binding 3 LDLR NM_000527 low density lipoprotein receptor precursor LDLRAP1 NM_015627 low density lipoprotein receptor adaptor protein LDOC1L NM_032287 hypothetical protein LOC84247 LECT2 NM_002302 leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 precursor LENEP NM_018655 lens epithelial protein LEREPO4 NM_018471 erythropoietin 4 immediate early response LETM1 NM_012318 leucine zipper-EF-hand containing transmembrane LGALS8 NM_006499 galectin 8 isoform a LHFPL2 NM_005779 lipoma HMGIC fusion partner-like 2 LHFPL3 NM_199000 lipoma HMGIC fusion partner-like 3 LHFPL5 NM_182548 lipoma HMGIC fusion partner-like 5 LHX3 NM_014564 LIM homeobox protein 3 isoform b LHX4 NM_033343 LIM homeobox protein 4 LIAS NM_006859 lipoic acid synthetase isoform 1 precursor LIF NM_002309 leukemia inhibitory factor (cholinergic LIFR NM_002310 leukemia inhibitory factor receptor precursor LILRB1 NM_006669 leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor, LILRB4 NM_006847 leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor, LIMD1 NM_014240 LIM domains containing 1 LIMD2 NM_030576 LIM domain containing 2 LIMK1 NM_002314 LIM domain kinase 1 LIMK2 NM_005569 LIM domain kinase 2 isoform 2a LIMS2 NM_017980 LIM and senescent cell antigen-like domains 2 LIMS3 NM_033514 LIM and senescent cell antigen-like domains 3 LIN28 NM_024674 lin-28 homolog LIN9 NM_173083 lin-9 homolog LIX1 NM_153234 limb expression 1 LLGL1 NM_004140 lethal giant larvae homolog 1 LMNB2 NM_032737 lamin B2 LMO4 NM_006769 LIM domain only 4 LMO7 NM_005358 LIM domain only 7 LMOD3 NM_198271 leiomodin 3 (fetal) LOC116236 NM_198147 hypothetical protein LOC116236 LOC124491 NM_145254 hypothetical protein LOC124491 LOC129138 NM_138797 hypothetical protein LOC129138 LOC129607 NM_207315 thymidylate kinase family LPS-inducible member LOC130576 NM_177964 hypothetical protein LOC130576 LOC133619 NM_130809 hypothetical protein LOC133619 LOC144501 NM_182507 hypothetical protein LOC144501 LOC151194 NM_145280 hypothetical protein LOC151194 LOC152485 NM_178835 hypothetical protein LOC152485 LOC153561 NM_207331 hypothetical protein LOC153561 LOC158318 NM_001024608 hypothetical protein LOC158318 LOC162427 NM_178126 hypothetical protein LOC162427 LOC196463 NM_173542 hypothetical protein LOC196463 LOC196752 NM_001010864 hypothetical protein LOC196752 LOC197322 NM_174917 hypothetical protein LOC197322 LOC201164 NM_178836 hypothetical protein LOC201164 LOC203427 NM_145305 mitochondrial solute carrier protein LOC221091 NM_203422 hypothetical protein LOC221091 LOC222967 NM_173565 hypothetical protein LOC222967 LOC283219 NM_001029859 hypothetical protein LOC283219 LOC283537 NM_181785 hypothetical protein LOC283537 LOC283551 NM_001012706 hypothetical protein LOC283551 LOC284296 NM_175908 hypothetical protein LOC284296 LOC284434 NM_001007525 hypothetical protein LOC284434 LOC284757 NM_001004305 hypothetical protein LOC284757 LOC286076 NM_001024610 hypothetical protein LOC286076 LOC339524 NM_207357 hypothetical protein LOC339524 LOC340156 NM_001012418 hypothetical protein LOC340156 LOC342897 NM_001001414 similar to F-box only protein 2 LOC345222 NM_001012982 hypothetical protein LOC345222 LOC348262 NM_207368 hypothetical protein LOC348262 LOC387856 NM_001013635 hypothetical protein LOC387856 LOC388503 NM_001013640 hypothetical protein LOC388503 LOC389118 NM_001007540 hypothetical protein LOC389118 LOC389199 NM_203423 hypothetical protein LOC389199 LOC389791 NM_001013652 hypothetical protein LOC389791 LOC389834 NM_001013655 hypothetical protein LOC389834 LOC392395 NM_001013664 hypothetical protein LOC392395 LOC399706 NM_001010910 hypothetical protein LOC399706 LOC399898 NM_001013666 hypothetical protein LOC399898 LOC400145 NM_001013669 hypothetical protein LOC400145 LOC400499 NM_001013671 hypothetical protein LOC400499 LOC400657 NM_001008234 hypothetical protein LOC400657 LOC400891 NM_001013675 hypothetical protein LOC400891 LOC400924 NM_001013676 hypothetical protein LOC400924 LOC400965 NM_001013677 hypothetical protein LOC400965 LOC401137 NM_214711 hypothetical protein LOC401137 LOC401398 NM_001023566 hypothetical protein LOC401398 LOC401431 NM_001008745 hypothetical protein LOC401431 LOC401507 NM_001012278 hypothetical protein LOC401507 LOC401589 NM_001013687 hypothetical protein LOC401589 LOC401620 NM_001013688 hypothetical protein LOC401620 LOC401720 NM_001013690 hypothetical protein LOC401720 LOC440313 NM_001013704 hypothetical protein LOC440313 LOC440337 NM_001013705 hypothetical protein LOC440337 LOC440570 NM_001013708 hypothetical protein LOC440570 LOC440742 NM_001013710 hypothetical protein LOC440742 LOC440925 NM_001013712 hypothetical protein LOC440925 LOC440944 NM_001013713 hypothetical protein LOC440944 LOC441070 NM_001013715 hypothetical protein LOC441070 LOC441136 NM_001013719 hypothetical protein LOC441136 LOC441268 NM_001013725 hypothetical protein LOC441268 LOC441459 NM_001013728 hypothetical protein LOC441459 LOC442247 NM_001013734 hypothetical protein LOC442247 LOC504188 NM_001013404 hypothetical protein LOC504188 LOC54103 NM_017439 hypothetical protein LOC54103 LOC541473 NM_001013748 FKBP6-like LOC554251 NM_001024680 hypothetical protein LOC554251 LOC55908 NM_018687 hepatocellular carcinoma-associated gene TD26 LOC613206 NM_001033016 myeloproliferative disease associated tumor LOC613266 NM_001033516 hypothetical protein LOC613266 LOC63928 NM_022097 hepatocellular carcinoma antigen gene 520 LOC90167 NM_194277 hypothetical protein LOC90167 LOC90639 NM_001031617 hypothetical protein LOC90639 LOH12CR1 NM_058169 LOH1CR12 LOXL4 NM_032211 lysyl oxidase-like 4 precursor LPIN3 NM_022896 lipin 3 LPP NM_005578 LIM domain containing preferred translocation LRAT NM_004744 lecithin retinol acyltransferase LRBA NM_006726 LPS-responsive vesicle trafficking, beach and LRCH4 NM_002319 leucine-rich repeats and calponin homology (CH) LRP11 NM_032832 low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein LRP12 NM_013437 suppression of tumorigenicity LRP2BP NM_018409 LRP2 binding protein LRRC14 NM_014665 leucine rich repeat containing 14 LRRC2 NM_024512 leucine rich repeat containing 2 LRRC20 NM_018205 leucine rich repeat containing 20 isoform 3 LRRC27 NM_030626 leucine rich repeat containing 27 LRRC3B NM_052953 leucine rich repeat containing 3B LRRC48 NM_031294 leucine rich repeat containing 48 LRRC54 NM_015516 tsukushi LRRIQ2 NM_024548 leucine-rich repeats and IQ motif containing 2 LRRN5 NM_006338 leucine rich repeat neuronal 5 precursor LRRTM3 NM_178011 leucine rich repeat transmembrane neuronal 3 LSM12 NM_152344 hypothetical protein LOC124801 LSM16 NM_025083 LSM16 homolog (EDC3, S. cerevisiae) LTBP2 NM_000428 latent transforming growth factor beta binding LUZP1 NM_033631 leucine zipper protein 1 LY6H NM_002347 lymphocyte antigen 6 complex, locus H LY86 NM_004271 MD-1, RP105-associated LYCAT NM_001002257 lysocardiolipin acyltransferase isoform 2 LYPLA3 NM_012320 lysophospholipase 3 (lysosomal phospholipase LYSMD1 NM_212551 LysM, putative peptidoglycan-binding, domain LYSMD4 NM_152449 hypothetical protein LOC145748 LYZ NM_000239 lysozyme precursor LZTR2 NM_033127 regucalcin gene promotor region related protein LZTS1 NM_021020 leucine zipper, putative tumor suppressor 1 M6PR NM_002355 cation-dependent mannose-6-phosphate receptor M6PRBP1 NM_005817 mannose 6 phosphate receptor binding protein 1 MAB21L1 NM_005584 mab-21-like protein 1 MAF NM_001031804 v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene MAGEA8 NM_005364 melanoma antigen family A, 8 MAGEA9 NM_005365 melanoma antigen family A, 9 MAGEL2 NM_019066 MAGE-like protein 2 MAGI2 NM_012301 membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ MALL NM_005434 mal, T-cell differentiation protein-like MAN1C1 NM_020379 mannosidase, alpha, class 1C, member 1 MANEA NM_024641 mannosidase, endo-alpha MAP1B NM_005909 microtubule-associated protein 1B isoform 1 MAP3K3 NM_002401 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 MAP3K7 NM_003188 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 7 MAP4K1 NM_007181 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase MAPK1 NM_002745 mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 MAPK14 NM_001315 mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 isoform 1 MAPK3 NM_002746 mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 isoform 1 MAPK7 NM_002749 mitogen-activated protein kinase 7 isoform 1 MAPKAPK2 NM_004759 mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated MAPKBP1 NM_014994 mitogen-activated protein kinase binding protein MAPT NM_005910 microtubule-associated protein tau isoform 2 MARCH3 NM_178450 membrane-associated ring finger (C3HC4) 3 MARCH5 NM_017824 ring finger protein 153 MARCKS NM_002356 myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C MARK3 NM_002376 MAP/microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 3 MARVELD1 NM_031484 MARVEL domain containing 1 MARVELD3 NM_052858 MARVEL domain containing 3 isoform 2 MAS1 NM_002377 MAS1 oncogene MASP1 NM_001879 mannan-binding lectin serine protease 1 isoform MAT1A NM_000429 methionine adenosyltransferase I, alpha MATN2 NM_002380 matrilin 2 isoform a precursor MBD3 NM_003926 methyl-CpG binding domain protein 3 MBNL3 NM_018388 muscleblind-like 3 isoform G MCART6 NM_001012755 hypothetical protein LOC401612 MCCC2 NM_022132 methylcrotonoyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase 2 (beta) MCF2 NM_005369 MCF.2 cell line derived transforming sequence MCFD2 NM_139279 multiple coagulation factor deficiency 2 MCL1 NM_021960 myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 isoform 1 MCM4 NM_005914 minichromosome maintenance protein 4 MCM8 NM_032485 minichromosome maintenance protein 8 isoform 1 MDFIC NM_199072 MyoD family inhibitor domain containing isoform MDGA1 NM_153487 MAM domain containing MECP2 NM_004992 methyl CpG binding protein 2 MED12L NM_053002 mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription, MEF2C NM_002397 MADS box transcription enhancer factor 2, MEF2D NM_005920 MADS box transcription enhancer factor 2, MEGF10 NM_032446 MEGF10 protein MEP1A NM_005588 meprin A, alpha (PABA peptide hydrolase) METT5D1 NM_152636 methyltransferase 5 domain containing 1 METTL5 NM_014168 methyltransferase like 5 MFAP3 NM_005927 microfibrillar-associated protein 3 MFI2 NM_033316 melanoma-associated antigen p97 isoform 2, MFN2 NM_014874 mitofusin 2 MFSD4 NM_181644 hypothetical protein DKFZp761N1114 MGAM NM_004668 maltase-glucoamylase MGC10334 NM_001029885 hypothetical protein LOC80772 MGC11102 NM_032325 hypothetical protein LOC84285 MGC13379 NM_016499 hypothetical protein LOC51259 MGC15875 NM_032921 hypothetical protein LOC85007 isoform 1 MGC16028 NM_052873 hypothetical protein LOC112752 MGC16703 NM_145042 hypothetical protein LOC113691 MGC20470 NM_145053 hypothetical protein LOC143630 MGC23280 NM_144683 hypothetical protein LOC147015 MGC24039 NM_144973 hypothetical protein LOC160518 MGC26694 NM_178526 hypothetical protein LOC284439 MGC26718 NM_001029999 hypothetical protein LOC440482 MGC26733 NM_144992 hypothetical protein LOC200403 MGC27121 NM_001001343 hypothetical protein LOC408263 MGC2752 NM_023939 hypothetical protein LOC65996 MGC29891 NM_144618 GA repeat binding protein, beta 2 MGC29898 NM_145048 hypothetical protein LOC133015 MGC3207 NM_001031727 hypothetical protein LOC84245 isoform 1 MGC33214 NM_153354 hypothetical protein LOC153396 MGC33530 NM_182546 hypothetical protein LOC222008 MGC34646 NM_173519 hypothetical protein LOC157807 MGC35295 NM_152717 hypothetical protein LOC219995 MGC39900 NM_194324 hypothetical protein LOC286527 MGC4562 NM_133375 hypothetical protein LOC115752 MGC4655 NM_033309 hypothetical protein LOC84752 MGC50273 NM_214461 hypothetical protein LOC408029 MGC9712 NM_152689 hypothetical protein LOC202915 MGLL NM_001003794 monoglyceride lipase isoform 2 MIB1 NM_020774 mindbomb homolog 1 MICAL2 NM_014632 microtubule associated monoxygenase, calponin MICAL-L1 NM_033386 molecule interacting with Rab13 MID1IP1 NM_021242 MID1 interacting G12-like protein MIER3 NM_152622 hypothetical protein LOC166968 MIPOL1 NM_138731 mirror-image polydactyly 1 MKL1 NM_020831 megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 protein MKL2 NM_014048 megakaryoblastic leukemia 2 protein MKLN1 NM_013255 muskelin 1, intracellular mediator containing MKRN3 NM_005664 makorin, ring finger protein, 3 MLC1 NM_015166 megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with MLL4 NM_014727 myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 4 MLLT3 NM_004529 myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia MLSTD2 NM_032228 male sterility domain containing 2 MLX NM_170607 transcription factor-like protein 4 isoform MLXIPL NM_032951 Williams Beuren syndrome chromosome region 14 MMD2 NM_198403 monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation factor 2 MMP14 NM_004995 matrix metalloproteinase 14 preproprotein MMP17 NM_016155 matrix metalloproteinase 17 preproprotein MMP19 NM_001032360 matrix metalloproteinase 19 isoform 2 precursor MMP2 NM_004530 matrix metalloproteinase 2 preproprotein MMP8 NM_002424 matrix metalloproteinase 8 preproprotein MN1 NM_002430 meningioma 1 MOBKL2A NM_130807 MOB-LAK MOBKL2B NM_024761 MOB1, Mps One Binder kinase activator-like 2B MOCS1 NM_005942 molybdenum cofactor synthesis-step 1 protein MOCS2 NM_176806 molybdopterin synthase small subunit MOCS2A MOG NM_001008228 myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein isoform MON1B NM_014940 MON1 homolog B MOSPD1 NM_019556 motile sperm domain containing 1 MPP2 NM_005374 palmitoylated membrane protein 2 MPPED1 NM_001585 hypothetical protein LOC758 MPST NM_001013436 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase MRAS NM_012219 muscle RAS oncogene homolog MRO NM_031939 maestro MRP63 NM_024026 mitochondrial ribosomal protein 63 MRPL30 NM_145212 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L30 MRPL41 NM_032477 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L41 MRPL52 NM_178336 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L52 isoform a MRPS11 NM_022839 mitochondrial ribosomal protein S11 isoform a MRPS26 NM_030811 mitochondrial ribosomal protein S26 MRPS33 NM_016071 mitochondrial ribosomal protein S33 MS4A10 NM_206893 membrane-spanning 4-domains, subfamily A, member MS4A2 NM_000139 membrane-spanning 4-domains, subfamily A, member MS4A4A NM_024021 membrane-spanning 4-domains, subfamily A, member MS4A7 NM_021201 membrane-spanning 4-domains, subfamily A, member MSH3 NM_002439 mutS homolog 3 MSI2 NM_138962 musashi 2 isoform a MSL3L1 NM_078628 male-specific lethal 3-like 1 isoform d MSR1 NM_002445 macrophage scavenger receptor 1 isoform type 2 MSRB3 NM_001031679 methionine sulfoxide reductase B3 isoform 2 MTAC2D1 NM_152332 membrane targeting (tandem) C2 domain containing MTHFR NM_005957 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase MTHFSD NM_022764 hypothetical protein LOC64779 MTM1 NM_000252 myotubularin MTMR12 NM_019061 myotubularin related protein 12 MTMR2 NM_016156 myotubularin-related protein 2 isoform 1 MTMR3 NM_021090 myotubularin-related protein 3 isoform c MTMR9 NM_015458 myotubularin-related protein 9 MTPN NM_145808 myotrophin MTRR NM_002454 methionine synthase reductase isoform 1 MUCDHL NM_031265 mu-protocadherin isoform 4 MUM1L1 NM_152423 melanoma associated antigen (mutated) 1-like 1 MUTED NM_201280 muted MX2 NM_002463 myxovirus resistance protein 2 MXD1 NM_002357 MAX dimerization protein 1 MXD4 NM_006454 MAD4 MYADM NM_001020818 myeloid-associated differentiation marker MYBBP1A NM_014520 MYB binding protein 1a MYBL2 NM_002466 MYB-related protein B MYCL1 NM_001033081 1-myc-1 proto-oncogene isoform 1 MYD88 NM_002468 myeloid differentiation primary response gene MYL2 NM_000432 myosin light chain 2 MYL3 NM_000258 myosin light chain 3 MYO18A NM_078471 myosin 18A isoform a MYO1B NM_012223 myosin IB MYO1E NM_004998 myosin IE MYO3A NM_017433 myosin IIIA MYO5C NM_018728 myosin VC MYO6 NM_004999 myosin VI MYO7A NM_000260 myosin VIIA MYOM2 NM_003970 myomesin 2 MYST2 NM_007067 MYST histone acetyltransferase 2 MYST3 NM_006766 MYST histone acetyltransferase (monocytic MYT1L NM_015025 myelin transcription factor 1-like N4BP1 NM_153029 Nedd4 binding protein 1 NAALADL2 NM_207015 N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase 2 NAG6 NM_022742 hypothetical protein DKFZp434G156 NAG8 NM_014411 nasopharyngeal carcinoma associated gene NALP1 NM_014922 death effector filament-forming Ced-4-like NALP12 NM_144687 PYRIN-containing APAF1-like protein 7 isoform 2 NANOS1 NM_199461 nanos homolog 1 isoform 1 NANP NM_152667 haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase domain NAP1L4 NM_005969 nucleosome assembly protein 1-like 4 NAPE-PLD NM_198990 N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing NARG1 NM_057175 NMDA receptor regulated 1 NARG1L NM_024561 NMDA receptor regulated 1-like protein isoform NARG2 NM_001018089 NMDA receptor regulated 2 isoform b NAT10 NM_024662 N-acetyltransferase-like protein NAT12 NM_001011713 hypothetical protein LOC122830 NAV3 NM_014903 neuron navigator 3 NCAM1 NM_181351 neural cell adhesion molecule 1 isoform 2 NCOA1 NM_003743 nuclear receptor coactivator 1 isoform 1 NCOA6IP NM_024831 PRIP-interacting protein PIPMT NCOA7 NM_181782 nuclear receptor coactivator 7 NCR1 NM_004829 natural cytotoxicity triggering receptor 1 NCSTN NM_015331 nicastrin precursor NDE1 NM_017668 nuclear distribution gene E homolog 1 NDEL1 NM_001025579 nudE nuclear distribution gene E homolog like 1 NDFIP1 NM_030571 Nedd4 family interacting protein 1 NDRG4 NM_020465 NDRG family member 4 NDST1 NM_001543 N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase (heparan NEBL NM_006393 nebulette sarcomeric isoform NECAP1 NM_015509 adaptin-ear-binding coat-associated protein 1 NECAP2 NM_018090 adaptin-ear-binding coat-associated protein 2 NEDD4 NM_006154 neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally NEDD9 NM_182966 neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally NEIL2 NM_145043 nei-like 2 NEK8 NM_178170 NIMA-related kinase 8 NES NM_006617 nestin NETO1 NM_138999 neuropilin- and tolloid-like protein 1 isoform 1 NETO2 NM_018092 neuropilin- and tolloid-like protein 2 NEURL NM_004210 neuralized-like NEUROG2 NM_024019 neurogenin 2 NF2 NM_000268 neurofibromin 2 isoform 1 NFAM1 NM_145912 NFAT activation molecule 1 precursor NFASC NM_015090 neurofascin precursor NFAT5 NM_006599 nuclear factor of activated T-cells 5 isoform c NFATC1 NM_006162 nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytosolic NFIC NM_005597 nuclear factor I/C isoform 1 NFKBIL1 NM_005007 nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene NFXL1 NM_152995 nuclear transcription factor, X-box binding-like NFYA NM_002505 nuclear transcription factor Y, alpha isoform 1 NFYB NM_006166 nuclear transcription factor Y, beta NGFR NM_002507 nerve growth factor receptor precursor NHLH1 NM_005598 nescient helix loop helix 1 NIPA1 NM_144599 non-imprinted in Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome NIPSNAP1 NM_003634 nipsnap homolog 1 NKIRAS2 NM_001001349 NFKB inhibitor interacting Ras-like 2 NKTR NM_001012651 natural killer-tumor recognition sequence NLGN2 NM_020795 neuroligin 2 NMNAT1 NM_022787 nicotinamide nucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 NMT1 NM_021079 N-myristoyltransferase 1 NMT2 NM_004808 glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase 2 NNAT NM_005386 neuronatin isoform alpha NOB1 NM_014062 nin one binding protein NOL11 NM_015462 nucleolar protein 11 NOL6 NM_022917 nucleolar RNA-associated protein alpha isoform NOM1 NM_138400 nucleolar protein with MIF4G domain 1 NOVA1 NM_002515 neuro-oncological ventral antigen 1 isoform 1 NOX1 NM_007052 NADPH oxidase 1 isoform long NPAL3 NM_020448 NIPA-like domain containing 3 NPAS2 NM_002518 neuronal PAS domain protein 2 NPC1 NM_000271 Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 NPHP1 NM_000272 nephrocystin isoform 1 NPLOC4 NM_017921 nuclear protein localization 4 NPR3 NM_000908 natriuretic peptide receptor C/guanylate cyclase NPTX1 NM_002522 neuronal pentraxin I precursor NPTXR NM_014293 neuronal pentraxin receptor isoform 1 NQO1 NM_000903 NAD(P)H menadione oxidoreductase 1, NR3C1 NM_000176 nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 NRG1 NM_013958 neuregulin 1 isoform HRG-beta3 NRIP1 NM_003489 receptor interacting protein 140 NRIP2 NM_031474 nuclear receptor interacting protein 2 NRP2 NM_003872 neuropilin 2 isoform 2 precursor NSF NM_006178 N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor NT5C2 NM_012229 5′-nucleotidase, cytosolic II NTRK2 NM_001007097 neurotrophic tyrosine kinase, receptor, type 2 NUAK2 NM_030952 NUAK family, SNF1-like kinase, 2 NUCB1 NM_006184 nucleobindin 1 NUDT10 NM_153183 nudix-type motif 10 NUDT12 NM_031438 nudix-type motif 12 NUDT15 NM_018283 nudix-type motif 15 NUDT16 NM_152395 nudix-type motif 16 NUDT16L1 NM_032349 syndesmos NUDT18 NM_024815 nudix (nucleoside diphosphate linked moiety NUDT4 NM_019094 nudix-type motif 4 isoform alpha NUMB NM_001005743 numb homolog isoform 1 NUMBL NM_004756 numb homolog (Drosophila)-like NUP35 NM_001008544 nucleoporin 35 kDa isoform b NUP43 NM_198887 nucleoporin 43 kDa NXF1 NM_006362 nuclear RNA export factor 1 NYD-SP18 NM_032599 testes development-related NYD-SP18 NY-REN-7 NM_173663 hypothetical protein LOC285596 OACT2 NM_138799 O-acyltransferase (membrane bound) domain OACT5 NM_005768 gene rich cluster, C3f gene OAF NM_178507 hypothetical protein LOC220323 OAS3 NM_006187 2′-5′oligoadenylate synthetase 3 OAZ1 NM_004152 ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 OBFC2B NM_024068 hypothetical protein LOC79035 OCRL NM_000276 phosphatidylinositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase OLIG1 NM_138983 oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1 OPCML NM_001012393 opioid binding protein/cell adhesion OPRD1 NM_000911 opioid receptor, delta 1 OPTC NM_014359 opticin precursor OR2H1 NM_030883 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily H, OR51E2 NM_030774 olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily E, OR7D2 NM_175883 hypothetical protein LOC162998 ORAOV1 NM_153451 oral cancer overexpressed 1 ORC2L NM_006190 origin recognition complex, subunit 2 OSBP2 NM_030758 oxysterol binding protein 2 isoform a OSBPL2 NM_014835 oxysterol-binding protein-like protein 2 isoform OSBPL3 NM_015550 oxysterol-binding protein-like protein 3 isoform OSBPL7 NM_145798 oxysterol-binding protein-like protein 7 OSCAR NM_206817 osteoclast-associated receptor isoform 2 OTUD4 NM_199324 OTU domain containing 4 protein isoform 1 OTUD6B NM_016023 OTU domain containing 6B OXGR1 NM_080818 oxoglutarate (alpha-ketoglutarate) receptor 1 P2RX2 NM_012226 purinergic receptor P2X2 isoform I P2RX7 NM_002562 purinergic receptor P2X7 P2RY13 NM_023914 purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 13 P2RY14 NM_014879 purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 14 P2RY4 NM_002565 pyrimidinergic receptor P2Y4 P2RY8 NM_178129 G-protein coupled purinergic receptor P2Y8 P4HA1 NM_000917 prolyl 4-hydroxylase, alpha I subunit isoform 1 P4HA3 NM_182904 prolyl 4-hydroxylase, alpha III subunit P53AIP1 NM_022112 p53-regulated apoptosis-inducing protein 1 PACRG NM_152410 PARK2 co-regulated PACS1 NM_018026 phosphofurin acidic cluster sorting protein 1 PAFAH1B2 NM_002572 platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase, PAG1 NM_018440 phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid PAICS NM_006452 phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase PALMD NM_017734 palmdelphin PAN3 NM_175854 PABP1-dependent poly A-specific ribonuclease PAP2D NM_001010861 phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2d isoform 2 PAPLN NM_173462 papilin PAPOLB NM_020144 poly(A) polymerase beta (testis specific) PAPPA NM_002581 pregnancy-associated plasma protein A PAQR5 NM_017705 membrane progestin receptor gamma PAQR6 NM_198406 progestin and adipoQ receptor family member VI PARD6G NM_032510 PAR-6 gamma protein PARP6 NM_020213 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase family, member 6 PARVA NM_018222 parvin, alpha PATE NM_138294 expressed in prostate and testis PAX5 NM_016734 paired box 5 PBK NM_018492 T-LAK cell-originated protein kinase PC NM_000920 pyruvate carboxylase precursor PCDH11X NM_032967 protocadherin 11 X-linked isoform b precursor PCDH11Y NM_032971 protocadherin 11 Y-linked isoform a PCDH21 NM_033100 protocadherin 21 precursor PCDHA9 NM_014005 protocadherin alpha 9 isoform 2 precursor PCDHB10 NM_018930 protocadherin beta 10 precursor PCGF3 NM_006315 ring finger protein 3 PCGF6 NM_001011663 polycomb group ring finger 6 isoform a PCMT1 NM_005389 protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) PCNXL2 NM_014801 pecanex-like 2 PCQAP NM_001003891 positive cofactor 2, glutamine/Q-rich-associated PCSK2 NM_002594 proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 2 PCSK6 NM_138323 paired basic amino acid cleaving system 4 PCSK7 NM_004716 proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 7 PCSK9 NM_174936 proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 PCYOX1 NM_016297 prenylcysteine oxidase 1 PDAP1 NM_014891 PDGFA associated protein 1 PDCD6IP NM_013374 programmed cell death 6 interacting protein PDCL NM_005388 phosducin-like PDDC1 NM_182612 hypothetical protein LOC347862 PDE11A NM_016953 phosphodiesterase 11A PDE1B NM_000924 phosphodiesterase 1B, calmodulin-dependent PDE4DIP NM_001002811 phosphodiesterase 4D interacting protein isoform PDE5A NM_001083 phosphodiesterase 5A isoform 1 PDE7A NM_002604 phosphodiesterase 7A isoform b PDE8B NM_001029851 phosphodiesterase 8B isoform 3 PDGFB NM_002608 platelet-derived growth factor beta isoform 1, PDGFRA NM_006206 platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha PDGFRB NM_002609 platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta PDIA6 NM_005742 protein disulfide isomerase-associated 6 PDK1 NM_002610 pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 1 PDLIM2 NM_176871 PDZ and LIM domain 2 isoform 1 PDLIM5 NM_001011513 PDZ and LIM domain 5 isoform b PDP2 NM_020786 pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase isoenzyme 2 PDPK1 NM_002613 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 PDPR NM_017990 pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase regulatory PDXK NM_003681 pyridoxal kinase PDYN NM_024411 beta-neoendorphin-dynorphin preproprotein PDZD2 NM_178140 PDZ domain containing 2 PDZD4 NM_032512 PDZ domain containing 4 PEBP1 NM_002567 prostatic binding protein PECR NM_018441 peroxisomal trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase PEG3 NM_006210 paternally expressed 3 PER2 NM_022817 period 2 isoform 1 PEX10 NM_002617 peroxisome biogenesis factor 10 isoform 2 PEX5 NM_000319 peroxisomal biogenesis factor 5 PFKFB2 NM_001018053 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, PGAP1 NM_024989 GPI deacylase PGBD4 NM_152595 piggyBac transposable element derived 4 PGD NM_002631 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase PGK1 NM_000291 phosphoglycerate kinase 1 PGK2 NM_138733 phosphoglycerate kinase 2 PGLYRP2 NM_052890 peptidoglycan recognition protein L precursor PGLYRP4 NM_020393 peptidoglycan recognition protein-I-beta PGM2L1 NM_173582 phosphoglucomutase 2-like 1 PGRMC2 NM_006320 progesterone membrane binding protein PHC2 NM_004427 polyhomeotic 2-like isoform b PHF11 NM_016119 PHD finger protein 11 PHF13 NM_153812 PHD finger protein 13 PHF20 NM_016436 PHD finger protein 20 PHF20L1 NM_016018 PHD finger protein 20-like 1 isoform 1 PHF6 NM_001015877 PHD finger protein 6 isoform 1 PHF8 NM_015107 PHD finger protein 8 PHGDHL1 NM_177967 hypothetical protein LOC337867 PHLDB1 NM_015157 pleckstrin homology-like domain, family B, PHTF2 NM_020432 putative homeodomain transcription factor 2 PI4KII NM_018425 phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase type II PIAS3 NM_006099 protein inhibitor of activated STAT, 3 PIGQ NM_004204 phosphatidylinositol glycan, class Q isoform 2 PIGW NM_178517 phosphatidylinositol glycan, class W PIK3CG NM_002649 phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, gamma PIK3R1 NM_181504 phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit, PIK3R3 NM_003629 phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit 3 PILRA NM_013439 paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor alpha PIP3-E NM_015553 phosphoinositide-binding protein PIP3-E PIP5K1C NM_012398 phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase, type PIP5K2B NM_003559 phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase type PIP5KL1 NM_173492 phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase-like PITPNA NM_006224 phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, alpha PITX1 NM_002653 paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 1 PKD2 NM_000297 polycystin 2 PKNOX1 NM_004571 PBX/knotted 1 homeobox 1 isoform 1 PKP1 NM_000299 plakophilin 1 isoform 1b PLA2G1B NM_000928 phospholipase A2, group IB PLA2G2D NM_012400 phospholipase A2, group IID PLA2G4D NM_178034 phospholipase A2, group IVD PLAGL2 NM_002657 pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like 2 PLAU NM_002658 urokinase plasminogen activator preproprotein PLAUR NM_001005376 plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor PLCB4 NM_000933 phospholipase C beta 4 isoform a PLCD3 NM_133373 phospholipase C delta 3 PLCXD3 NM_001005473 phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, X PLD5 NM_152666 phospholipase D family, member 5 PLEKHA1 NM_001001974 pleckstrin homology domain containing, family A PLEKHA6 NM_014935 phosphoinositol 3-phosphate-binding protein-3 PLEKHB2 NM_017958 pleckstrin homology domain containing, family B PLEKHQ1 NM_025201 PH domain-containing protein PLIN NM_002666 perilipin PLXNA1 NM_032242 plexin A1 PML NM_033238 promyelocytic leukemia protein isoform 1 PNKD NM_015488 myofibrillogenesis regulator 1 isoform 1 PNMA2 NM_007257 paraneoplastic antigen MA2 PNPLA1 NM_173676 patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 1 PNPO NM_018129 pyridoxine 5′-phosphate oxidase PNRC1 NM_006813 proline-rich nuclear receptor coactivator 1 PODXL NM_001018111 podocalyxin-like precursor isoform 1 POFUT1 NM_015352 protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 isoform 1 POFUT2 NM_015227 protein O-fucosyltransferase 2 isoform A POGK NM_017542 pogo transposable element with KRAB domain POGZ NM_145796 pogo transposable element with ZNF domain POLDIP2 NM_015584 DNA polymerase delta interacting protein 2 POLDIP3 NM_032311 DNA polymerase delta interacting protein 3 POLH NM_006502 polymerase (DNA directed), eta POLR1B NM_019014 RNA polymerase I polypeptide B POLR1E NM_022490 RNA polymerase I associated factor 53 POLR2L NM_021128 DNA directed RNA polymerase II polypeptide L POLR3E NM_018119 polymerase (RNA) III (DNA directed) polypeptide POLR3GL NM_032305 polymerase (RNA) III (DNA directed) polypeptide POM121 NM_172020 nuclear pore membrane protein 121 POU2F2 NM_002698 POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 2 POU2F3 NM_014352 POU transcription factor PPAPDC2 NM_203453 phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2 domain PPARA NM_001001928 peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, PPCDC NM_021823 phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase PPEF2 NM_152933 serine/threonine protein phosphatase with PPFIBP2 NM_003621 PTPRF interacting protein, binding protein 2 PPIL2 NM_014337 peptidylprolyl isomerase-like 2 isoform a PPIL4 NM_139126 peptidylprolyl isomerase-like 4 PPL NM_002705 periplakin PPM1B NM_177968 protein phosphatase 1B isoform 2 PPM1E NM_014906 protein phosphatase 1E PPM2C NM_018444 pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase precursor PPP1R12B NM_002481 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory (inhibitor) PPP1R12C NM_017607 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 12C PPP1R13L NM_006663 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory (inhibitor) PPP1R15B NM_032833 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 15B PPP1R16B NM_015568 protein phosphatase 1 regulatory inhibitor PPP1R3A NM_002711 protein phosphatase 1 glycogen-binding PPP1R3B NM_024607 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory (inhibitor) PPP2CB NM_001009552 protein phosphatase 2, catalytic subunit, beta PPP2R1B NM_002716 beta isoform of regulatory subunit A, protein PPP2R2A NM_002717 alpha isoform of regulatory subunit B55, protein PPP2R3A NM_002718 protein phosphatase 2, regulatory subunit B″, PPP2R4 NM_021131 protein phosphatase 2A, regulatory subunit B′ PPP2R5C NM_002719 gamma isoform of regulatory subunit B56, protein PPP4R1L NM_018498 hypothetical protein LOC55370 PPT2 NM_005155 palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 2 isoform a PRC1 NM_003981 protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 isoform 1 PRDM12 NM_021619 PR domain containing 12 PRDM16 NM_022114 PR domain containing 16 isoform 1 PRDM9 NM_020227 PR domain containing 9 PREB NM_013388 prolactin regulatory element binding protein PRELP NM_002725 proline arginine-rich end leucine-rich repeat PREPL NM_006036 prolyl endopeptidase-like PRICKLE2 NM_198859 prickle-like 2 PRKAA2 NM_006252 AMP-activated protein kinase alpha 2 catalytic PRKCA NM_002737 protein kinase C, alpha PRKCE NM_005400 protein kinase C, epsilon PRKD2 NM_016457 protein kinase D2 PRKRIP1 NM_024653 PRKR interacting protein 1 (IL11 inducible) PRKRIR NM_004705 protein-kinase, interferon-inducible double PRKX NM_005044 protein kinase, X-linked PRKY NM_002760 protein kinase, Y-linked PRND NM_012409 prion-like protein doppel preproprotein PROSC NM_007198 proline synthetase co-transcribed homolog PRPF19 NM_014502 PRP19/PSO4 pre-mRNA processing factor 19 PRPF4 NM_004697 PRP4 pre-mRNA processing factor 4 homolog PRRG4 NM_024081 proline rich Gla (G-carboxyglutamic acid) 4 PRRT2 NM_145239 hypothetical protein LOC112476 PRRX1 NM_006902 paired mesoderm homeobox 1 isoform pmx-1a PRSS23 NM_007173 protease, serine, 23 precursor PRX NM_020956 periaxin isoform 1 PRY NM_004676 PTPN13-lilce, Y-linked PRY2 NM_001002758 PTPN13-like, Y-linked 2 PSCD1 NM_004762 pleckstrin homology, Sec7 and coiled/coil PSCD4 NM_013385 pleckstrin homology, Sec7 and coiled/coil PSD3 NM_015310 ADP-ribosylation factor guanine nucleotide PSG4 NM_002780 pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein 4 isoform PSG7 NM_002783 pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein 7 PSMD5 NM_005047 proteasome 26S non-ATPase subunit 5 PSME4 NM_014614 proteasome (prosome, macropain) activator PTAFR NM_000952 platelet-activating factor receptor PTCH NM_000264 patched PTD004 NM_001011708 GTP-binding protein PTD004 isoform 2 PTDSS2 NM_030783 phosphatidylserine synthase 2 PTGDR NM_000953 prostaglandin D2 receptor PTGER3 NM_198718 prostaglandin E receptor 3, subtype EP3 isoform PTGES2 NM_025072 prostaglandin E synthase 2 isoform 1 PTGES3 NM_006601 unactive progesterone receptor, 23 kD PTGIS NM_000961 prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin) synthase PTHB1 NM_001033604 parathyroid hormone-responsive B1 isoform 3 PTK6 NM_005975 PTK6 protein tyrosine kinase 6 PTK7 NM_002821 PTK7 protein tyrosine kinase 7 isoform a PTK9L NM_007284 twinfilin-like protein PTPDC1 NM_152422 protein tyrosine phosphatase domain containing 1 PTPLB NM_198402 protein tyrosine phosphatase-like (proline PTPN11 NM_002834 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type PTPN2 NM_002828 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type PTPN23 NM_015466 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type PTPN4 NM_002830 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type PTPN7 NM_002832 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type PTPRE NM_006504 protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, E PTPRN NM_002846 protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, N PTPRT NM_007050 protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, T PTRF NM_012232 polymerase I and transcript release factor PTTG1IP NM_004339 pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 PXMP4 NM_183397 peroxisomal membrane protein 4 isoform b PXT1 NM_152990 peroxisomal, testis specific 1 PYCRL NM_023078 pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase-like QDPR NM_000320 quinoid dihydropteridine reductase QKI NM_006775 quaking homolog, KH domain RNA binding isoform QPCTL NM_017659 glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like QPRT NM_014298 quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase QRSL1 NM_018292 glutaminyl-tRNA synthase QSCN6 NM_002826 quiescin Q6 isoform a QSCN6L1 NM_181701 quiescin Q6-like 1 RAB11A NM_004663 Ras-related protein Rab-11A RAB11FIP1 NM_001002814 Rab coupling protein isoform 3 RAB11FIP4 NM_032932 RAB11 family interacting protein 4 (class II) RAB15 NM_198686 Ras-related protein Rab-15 RAB22A NM_020673 RAS-related protein RAB-22A RAB23 NM_016277 Ras-related protein Rab-23 RAB27A NM_004580 Ras-related protein Rab-27A RAB28 NM_001017979 RAB28, member RAS oncogene family isoform 1 RAB33B NM_031296 RAB33B, member RAS oncogene family RAB37 NM_001006638 RAB37, member RAS oncogene family isoform 2 RAB40B NM_006822 RAB40B, member RAS oncogene family RAB40C NM_021168 RAR (RAS like GTPASE) like RAB41 NM_001032726 RAB41, member RAS homolog family RAB43 NM_198490 RAB43 protein RAB6B NM_016577 RAB6B, member RAS oncogene family RAB6IP2 NM_015064 RAB6-interacting protein 2 isoform alpha RAB7 NM_004637 RAB7, member RAS oncogene family RAB7L1 NM_003929 RAB7, member RAS oncogene family-like 1 RABEP1 NM_004703 rabaptin, RAB GTPase binding effector protein 1 RABIF NM_002871 RAB-interacting factor RABL5 NM_022777 RAB, member RAS oncogene family-like 5 RAD1 NM_002853 RAD1 homolog isoform 1 RAD23B NM_002874 UV excision repair protein RAD23 homolog B RAD51 NM_002875 RAD51 homolog protein isoform 1 RAD51L3 NM_002878 RAD51-like 3 isoform 1 RAE1 NM_001015885 RAE1 (RNA export 1, S. pombe) homolog RAF1 NM_002880 v-raf-1 murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog RAI17 NM_020338 retinoic acid induced 17 RALBP1 NM_006788 ralA binding protein 1 RALGPS1 NM_014636 Ral GEF with PH domain and SH3 binding motif 1 RANBP10 NM_020850 RAN binding protein 10 RAP2B NM_002886 RAP2B, member of RAS oncogene family RAPGEF1 NM_005312 guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 2 isoform a RAPGEF6 NM_016340 PDZ domain-containing guanine nucleotide RARG NM_000966 retinoic acid receptor, gamma RARRES1 NM_206963 retinoic acid receptor responder (tazarotene RASD2 NM_014310 RASD family, member 2 RASGEF1B NM_152545 RasGEF domain family, member 1B RASGRP1 NM_005739 RAS guanyl releasing protein 1 RASGRP4 NM_052949 RAS guanyl releasing protein 4 isoform 3 RASL10B NM_033315 RAS-like, family 10, member B RASSF2 NM_014737 Ras association domain family 2 RASSF4 NM_032023 Ras association domain family 4 isoform a RASSF5 NM_031437 Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) domain family 5 RASSF6 NM_177532 Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) domain family 6 RASSF8 NM_007211 Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) domain family 8 RAVER1 NM_133452 RAVER1 RAXLX NM_001008494 hypothetical protein LOC91464 RB1 NM_000321 retinoblastoma 1 RBBP9 NM_006606 retinoblastoma binding protein 9 RBL1 NM_002895 retinoblastoma-like protein 1 isoform a RBM14 NM_006328 RNA binding motif protein 14 RBM16 NM_014892 RNA-binding motif protein 16 RBM17 NM_032905 RNA binding motif protein 17 RBM19 NM_016196 RNA binding motif protein 19 RBM24 NM_153020 hypothetical protein LOC221662 RBM3 NM_001017430 RNA binding motif protein 3 isoform b RBM33 NM_001008408 hypothetical protein LOC155435 RBM5 NM_005778 RNA binding motif protein 5 RCC2 NM_018715 RCC1-like RCD-8 NM_014329 autoantigen RCD8 RCHY1 NM_001008925 ring finger and CHY zinc finger domain RDBP NM_002904 RD RNA-binding protein RDH12 NM_152443 retinol dehydrogenase 12 (all-trans and 9-cis) RECQL5 NM_001003715 RecQ protein-like 5 isoform 2 REEP1 NM_022912 receptor expression enhancing protein 1 REEP3 NM_001001330 receptor expression enhancing protein 3 REG4 NM_032044 regenerating islet-derived family, member 4 REPS1 NM_031922 RALBP1 associated Eps domain containing 1 RER1 NM_007033 RER1 retention in endoplasmic reticulum 1 RETNLB NM_032579 colon and small intestine-specific cysteine-rich REXO1L1 NM_172239 exonuclease GOR REXO2 NM_015523 small fragment nuclease RFC3 NM_181558 replication factor C 3 isoform 2 RFK NM_018339 riboflavin kinase RFNG NM_002917 radical fringe homolog RFWD3 NM_018124 ring finger and WD repeat domain 3 RFX2 NM_000635 regulatory factor X2 isoform a RG9MTD3 NM_144964 RNA (guanine-9-) methyltransferase domain RGAG1 NM_020769 retrotransposon gag domain containing 1 RGL1 NM_015149 ral guanine nucleotide dissociation RGMB NM_001012761 RGM domain family, member B isoform 1 precursor RGS11 NM_003834 regulator of G-protein signalling 11 isoform 2 RGS12 NM_198432 regulator of G-protein signalling 12 isoform 5 RGS18 NM_130782 regulator of G-protein signalling 18 RGS3 NM_017790 regulator of G-protein signalling 3 isoform 3 RGSL1 NM_181572 regulator of G-protein signalling like 1 RHBDD1 NM_032276 rhomboid domain containing 1 RHBDL3 NM_138328 rhomboid, veinlet-like 3 RHCG NM_016321 Rhesus blood group, C glycoprotein RHOBTB1 NM_001032380 Rho-related BTB domain containing 1 RHOG NM_001665 ras homolog gene family, member G RHOJ NM_020663 TC10-like Rho GTPase RHOU NM_021205 ras homolog gene family, member U RIC8A NM_021932 resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase 8 RICTOR NM_152756 rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR RIMBP2 NM_015347 RIM-binding protein 2 RIMS3 NM_014747 regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis 3 RIN2 NM_018993 RAB5 interacting protein 2 RIN3 NM_024832 Ras and Rab interactor 3 RIPK5 NM_015375 receptor interacting protein kinase 5 isoform 1 RKHD2 NM_016626 ring finger and KH domain containing 2 RLN2 NM_005059 relaxin 2 isoform 2 RMND5A NM_022780 hypothetical protein LOC64795 RNASE7 NM_032572 ribonuclease 7 RND2 NM_005440 Rho family GTPase 2 RNF10 NM_014868 ring finger protein 10 RNF11 NM_014372 ring finger protein 11 RNF121 NM_018320 ring finger protein 121 isoform 1 RNF125 NM_017831 ring finger protein 125 RNF135 NM_197939 ring finger protein 135 isoform 2 RNF138 NM_016271 ring finger protein 138 isoform 1 RNF144 NM_014746 ring finger protein 144 RNF165 NM_152470 ring finger protein 165 RNF185 NM_152267 ring finger protein 185 RNF2 NM_007212 ring finger protein 2 RNF24 NM_007219 ring finger protein 24 RNF26 NM_032015 ring finger protein 26 RNF4 NM_002938 ring finger protein 4 RNF40 NM_014771 ring finger protein 40 RNF6 NM_005977 ring finger protein 6 isoform 1 RNF8 NM_003958 ring finger protein 8 isoform 1 RNGTT NM_003800 RNA guanylyltransferase and 5′-phosphatase RNMT NM_003799 RNA (guanine-7-) methyltransferase RNPC2 NM_004902 RNA-binding region containing protein 2 isoform ROBO4 NM_019055 roundabout homolog 4, magic roundabout ROD1 NM_005156 ROD1 regulator of differentiation 1 RORC NM_001001523 RAR-related orphan receptor C isoform b RP11-19J3.3 NM_001012267 hypothetical protein LOC401541 RP11-311P8.3 NM_145052 hypothetical protein LOC139596 RP13-15M17.2 NM_001010866 hypothetical protein LOC199953 RPA1 NM_002945 replication protein A1, 70 kDa RPL28 NM_000991 ribosomal protein L28 RPL32 NM_000994 ribosomal protein L32 RPL34 NM_000995 ribosomal protein L34 RPL37 NM_000997 ribosomal protein L37 RPL7L1 NM_198486 ribosomal protein L7-like 1 RPLP2 NM_001004 ribosomal protein P2 RPP25 NM_017793 ribonuclease P 25 kDa subunit RPS27 NM_001030 ribosomal protein S27 RPS6KA3 NM_004586 ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 90 kDa, polypeptide RRAS2 NM_012250 related RAS viral (r-ras) oncogene homolog 2 RRH NM_006583 peropsin RRM2 NM_001034 ribonucleotide reductase M2 polypeptide RRM2B NM_015713 ribonucleotide reductase M2 B (TP53 inducible) RRP22 NM_001007279 RAS-related on chromosome 22 isoform b RS1 NM_000330 X-linked juvenile retinoschisis protein RSAD1 NM_018346 radical S-adenosyl methionine domain containing RTEL1 NM_032957 regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1 RTF1 NM_015138 Paf1/RNA polymerase II complex component RTN2 NM_206902 reticulon 2 isoform D RTN4RL1 NM_178568 reticulon 4 receptor-like 1 RUNDC1 NM_173079 RUN domain containing 1 RUNX3 NM_001031680 runt-related transcription factor 3 isoform 1 RWDD4A NM_152682 RWD domain containing 4A S100A11 NM_005620 S100 calcium binding protein A11 (calgizzarin) S100A14 NM_020672 S100 calcium binding protein A14 S100A7L1 NM_176823 S100 calcium binding protein A7-like 1 S100PBP NM_022753 S100P binding protein Riken isoform a SALL4 NM_020436 sal-like 4 SAMD13 NM_001010971 dnaj-like protein SAP130 NM_024545 mSin3A-associated protein 130 SAP30BP NM_013260 transcriptional regulator protein SARM1 NM_015077 sterile alpha and TIR motif containing 1 SART1 NM_005146 squamous cell carcinoma antigen recognized by T SASH1 NM_015278 SAM and SH3 domain containing 1 SATL1 NM_001012980 spermidine/spermine N1-acetyl transferase-like SAV1 NM_021818 WW45 protein SC65 NM_006455 synaptonemal complex protein SC65 SCAMP1 NM_004866 secretory carrier membrane protein 1 isoform 1 SCAMP4 NM_079834 secretory carrier membrane protein 4 SCAMP5 NM_138967 secretory carrier membrane protein 5 SCAND2 NM_022050 SCAN domain-containing protein 2 isoform 1 SCAP2 NM_003930 src family associated phosphoprotein 2 SCC-112 NM_015200 SCC-112 protein SCG3 NM_013243 secretogranin III SCML1 NM_006746 sex comb on midleg-like 1 isoform b SCML4 NM_198081 sex comb on midleg-like 4 SCN11A NM_014139 sodium channel, voltage-gated, type XI, alpha SCN2B NM_004588 sodium channel, voltage-gated, type II, beta SCN4A NM_000334 voltage-gated sodium channel type 4 alpha SCN4B NM_174934 sodium channel, voltage-gated, type IV, beta SCOC NM_032547 short coiled-coil protein SCRT1 NM_031309 scratch SCYL1 NM_020680 SCY1-like 1 SDF4 NM_016176 calcium binding protein Cab45 precursor SDS NM_006843 serine dehydratase SEC14L1 NM_003003 SEC14 (S. cerevisiae)-like 1 isoform a SEC14L4 NM_174977 SEC14p-like protein TAP3 SEL1L NM_005065 sel-1 suppressor of lin-12-like SELI NM_033505 selenoprotein I SELL NM_000655 selectin L SELP NM_003005 selectin P precursor SELT NM_016275 selenoprotein T SEMA3E NM_012431 semaphorin 3E SEMA3G NM_020163 semaphorin sem2 SEMA4F NM_004263 semaphorin W SEMA5A NM_003966 semaphorin 5A SEMA7A NM_003612 semaphorin 7A SEPT10 NM_144710 septin 10 isoform 1 SEPT11 NM_018243 septin 11 SEPT3 NM_019106 septin 3 isoform B SEPT4 NM_080417 septin 4 isoform 4 SEPT6 NM_145799 septin 6 isoform A SEPT9 NM_006640 septin 9 SEPX1 NM_016332 selenoprotein X, 1 SERF1A NM_021967 small EDRK-rich factor 1A, telomeric SERF1B NM_022978 small EDRK-rich factor 1B, centromeric SERPINB13 NM_012397 serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade SERPINB8 NM_002640 serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade SERPINC1 NM_000488 serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade SERPINE1 NM_000602 plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 SETD1A NM_014712 SET domain containing 1A SF1 NM_004630 splicing factor 1 isoform 1 SF3A1 NM_001005409 splicing factor 3a, subunit 1, 120 kDa isoform 2 SF3A3 NM_006802 splicing factor 3a, subunit 3 SF4 NM_182812 splicing factor 4 isoform c SFMBT1 NM_001005158 Scm-like with four mbt domains 1 SFMBT2 NM_001029880 Scm-like with four mbt domains 2 SFRP4 NM_003014 secreted frizzled-related protein 4 SFRS11 NM_004768 splicing factor p54 SFRS14 NM_001017392 splicing factor, arginine/serine-rich 14 SFTPB NM_198843 surfactant, pulmonary-associated protein B SFXN1 NM_022754 sideroflexin 1 SFXN5 NM_144579 sideroflexin 5 SGCB NM_000232 sarcoglycan, beta (43 kDa dystrophin-associated SGEF NM_015595 Src homology 3 domain-containing guanine SGK2 NM_016276 serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 2 isoform SGK3 NM_001033578 serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 3 isoform SH2BP1 NM_014633 SH2 domain binding protein 1 SH2D3A NM_005490 SH2 domain containing 3A SH2D3C NM_170600 SH2 domain containing 3C isoform 2 SH2D4A NM_022071 SH2 domain containing 4A SH2D4B NM_207372 SH2 domain containing 4B SH3BGRL2 NM_031469 SH3 domain binding glutamic acid-rich protein SH3BP2 NM_003023 SH3-domain binding protein 2 SH3GL2 NM_003026 SH3-domain GRB2-like 2 SH3PX3 NM_153271 SH3 and PX domain containing 3 SH3PXD2A NM_014631 SH3 multiple domains 1 SH3PXD2B NM_001017995 SH3 and PX domains 2B SHANK2 NM_012309 SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains 2 SHE NM_001010846 Src homology 2 domain containing E SIDT1 NM_017699 SID1 transmembrane family, member 1 SIGLEC11 NM_052884 sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin 11 SIGLEC6 NM_198846 sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin 6 isoform 3 SIPA1L3 NM_015073 signal-induced proliferation-associated 1 like SIRPA NM_080792 signal-regulatory protein alpha precursor SIRPB1 NM_006065 signal-regulatory protein beta 1 precursor SIRPG NM_018556 signal-regulatory protein gamma isoform 1 SIRT2 NM_012237 sirtuin 2 isoform 1 SIRT5 NM_031244 sirtuin 5 isoform 2 SIT1 NM_014450 SHP2-interacting transmembrane adaptor protein SITPEC NM_016581 evolutionarily conserved signaling intermediate SIX4 NM_017420 sine oculis homeobox homolog 4 SKIP NM_016532 skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol SLAMF7 NM_021181 SLAM family member 7 SLC12A5 NM_020708 solute carrier family 12 member 5 SLC13A5 NM_177550 solute carrier family 13 (sodium-dependent SLC14A2 NM_007163 solute carrier family 14 (urea transporter), SLC15A4 NM_145648 solute carrier family 15, member 4 SLC16A12 NM_213606 solute carrier family 16 (monocarboxylic acid SLC16A14 NM_152527 solute carrier family 16 (monocarboxylic acid SLC16A2 NM_006517 solute carrier family 16, member 2 SLC17A5 NM_012434 solute carrier family 17 (anion/sugar SLC17A6 NM_020346 differentiation-associated Na-dependent SLC17A7 NM_020309 solute carrier family 17, member 7 SLC1A1 NM_004170 solute carrier family 1, member 1 SLC1A2 NM_004171 solute carrier family 1, member 2 SLC1A3 NM_004172 solute carrier family 1 (glial high affinity SLC22A15 NM_018420 solute carrier family 22 (organic cation SLC22A16 NM_033125 solute carrier family 22, member 16 SLC22A3 NM_021977 solute carrier family 22 member 3 SLC22A7 NM_006672 solute carrier family 22 member 7 isoform a SLC24A1 NM_004727 solute carrier family 24 SLC24A4 NM_153646 solute carrier family 24 member 4 isoform 1 SLC25A13 NM_014251 solute carrier family 25, member 13 (citrin) SLC25A15 NM_014252 solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; SLC25A23 NM_024103 solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; SLC25A25 NM_001006641 solute carrier family 25, member 25 isoform b SLC25A3 NM_213612 solute carrier family 25 member 3 isoform c SLC26A2 NM_000112 solute carrier family 26 member 2 SLC26A4 NM_000441 pendrin SLC26A8 NM_052961 solute carrier family 26, member 8 isoform a SLC27A1 NM_198580 solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid SLC27A4 NM_005094 solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid SLC2A3 NM_006931 solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose SLC2A5 NM_003039 solute carrier family 2 (facilitated SLC30A3 NM_003459 solute carrier family 30 (zinc transporter), SLC30A8 NM_173851 solute carrier family 30 member 8 SLC30A9 NM_006345 solute carrier family 30 (zinc transporter), SLC31A1 NM_001859 solute carrier family 31 (copper transporters), SLC31A2 NM_001860 solute carrier family 31 (copper transporters), SLC35A4 NM_080670 solute carrier family 35, member A4 SLC35A5 NM_017945 solute carrier family 35, member A5 SLC35B1 NM_005827 solute carrier family 35, member B1 SLC35B4 NM_032826 solute carrier family 35, member B4 SLC35D2 NM_007001 solute carrier family 35, member D2 SLC35E1 NM_024881 solute carrier family 35, member E1 SLC35F1 NM_001029858 solute carrier family 35, member F1 SLC35F5 NM_025181 solute carrier family 35, member F5 SLC36A1 NM_078483 solute carrier family 36 member 1 SLC37A2 NM_198277 solute carrier family 37 (glycerol-3-phosphate SLC38A2 NM_018976 solute carrier family 38, member 2 SLC38A3 NM_006841 solute carrier family 38, member 3 SLC39A10 NM_020342 solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), SLC39A11 NM_139177 solute carrier family 39 (metal ion SLC39A3 NM_213568 solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), SLC41A1 NM_173854 solute carrier family 41 member 1 SLC45A3 NM_033102 prostein SLC5A6 NM_021095 solute carrier family 5 (sodium-dependent SLC5A8 NM_145913 solute carrier family 5 (iodide transporter), SLC6A1 NM_003042 solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter SLC6A20 NM_020208 solute carrier family 6, member 20 isoform 1 SLC6A6 NM_003043 solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter SLC6A7 NM_014228 solute carrier family 6, member 7 SLC7A5 NM_003486 solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid SLC7A6 NM_003983 solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid SLC8A2 NM_015063 solute carrier family 8 member 2 SLC8A3 NM_033262 solute carrier family 8 member 3 isoform A SLC9A1 NM_003047 solute carrier family 9, isoform A1 SLC9A5 NM_004594 solute carrier family 9 (sodium/hydrogen SLC9A8 NM_015266 Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 8 SLCO2A1 NM_005630 solute carrier organic anion transporter family, SLCO2B1 NM_007256 solute carrier organic anion transporter family, SLFN13 NM_144682 schlafen family member 13 SLFN5 NM_144975 schlafen family member 5 SLFNL1 NM_144990 hypothetical protein LOC200172 SLITRK3 NM_014926 slit and trk like 3 protein SMA4 NM_021652 SMA4 SMAD2 NM_001003652 Sma- and Mad-related protein 2 SMAD3 NM_005902 MAD, mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3 SMARCB1 NM_001007468 SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin SMARCD2 NM_003077 SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated SMC1L1 NM_006306 SMC1 structural maintenance of chromosomes SMC2L1 NM_006444 structural maintenance of chromosomes 2-like 1 SMCR7 NM_139162 Smith-Magenis syndrome chromosome region, SMG7 NM_014837 SMG-7 homolog isoform 3 SMNDC1 NM_005871 survival motor neuron domain containing 1 SMO NM_005631 smoothened SMPD3 NM_018667 sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 3, neutral SMURF1 NM_020429 Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 1 isoform SMYD4 NM_052928 SET and MYND domain containing 4 SNF1LK2 NM_015191 SNF1-like kinase 2 SNIP NM_025248 SNAP25-interacting protein SNPH NM_014723 syntaphilin SNRPN NM_003097 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N SNTB2 NM_130845 basic beta 2 syntrophin isoform b SNURF NM_005678 SNRPN upstream reading frame protein SNX11 NM_013323 sorting nexin 11 SNX13 NM_015132 sorting nexin 13 SNX27 NM_030918 sorting nexin family member 27 SOHLH2 NM_017826 hypothetical protein LOC54937 SON NM_003103 SON DNA-binding protein isoform G SORBS1 NM_015385 sorbin and SH3 domain containing 1 isoform 2 SORCS1 NM_001013031 SORCS receptor 1 isoform b SORCS2 NM_020777 VPS10 domain receptor protein SORCS 2 SOST NM_025237 sclerostin precursor SOX1 NM_005986 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 1 SOX13 NM_005686 SRY-box 13 SOX8 NM_014587 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 8 SP1 NM_138473 Sp1 transcription factor SP4 NM_003112 Sp4 transcription factor SP6 NM_199262 Sp6 transcription factor SP7 NM_152860 osterix SPACA4 NM_133498 sperm acrosomal membrane protein 14 SPAG16 NM_001025436 sperm associated antigen 16 isoform 2 SPANXA1 NM_013453 sperm protein associated with the nucleus, X SPANXA2 NM_145662 sperm protein associated with the nucleus, X SPANXC NM_022661 sperm protein associated with the nucleus, X SPANXD NM_032417 sperm protein associated with the nucleus, X SPANXE NM_145665 sperm protein associated with the nucleus, X SPATA12 NM_181727 spermatogenesis associated 12 SPATA18 NM_145263 spermatogenesis associated 18 homolog SPATA2 NM_006038 spermatogenesis associated 2 SPECC1 NM_001033554 spectrin domain with coiled-coils 1 NSP5a3a SPG21 NM_016630 acid cluster protein 33 SPIB NM_003121 Spi-B transcription factor (Spi-1/PU.1 related) SPINLW1 NM_020398 serine peptidase inhibitor-like, with Kunitz and SPIRE1 NM_020148 spire homolog 1 SPN NM_001030288 sialophorin SPOCK1 NM_004598 sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and kazal-like domains SPOCK2 NM_014767 sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and kazal-like domains SPRN NM_001012508 shadow of prion protein SPRY3 NM_005840 sprouty homolog 3 SPRYD3 NM_032840 hypothetical protein LOC84926 SPTB NM_001024858 spectrin beta isoform a SPTBN2 NM_006946 spectrin, beta, non-erythrocytic 2 SPTLC2 NM_004863 serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base SPTY2D1 NM_194285 hypothetical protein LOC144108 SRD5A1 NM_001047 steroid-5-alpha-reductase 1 SRD5A2L2 NM_001010874 steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2-like 2 SRGAP2 NM_015326 SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 2 SRM NM_003132 spermidine synthase SRP72 NM_006947 signal recognition particle 72 kDa SS18L1 NM_015558 SS18-like protein 1 SSBP3 NM_001009955 single stranded DNA binding protein 3 isoform c SSH2 NM_033389 slingshot 2 SSR3 NM_007107 signal sequence receptor gamma subunit SSTR1 NM_001049 somatostatin receptor 1 SSX1 NM_005635 synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 1 SSX8 NM_174961 synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 8 ST6GAL1 NM_003032 sialyltransferase 1 isoform a ST6GALNAC4 NM_175040 sialyltransferase 7D isoform b ST7L NM_017744 suppression of tumorigenicity 7-like isoform 1 ST8SIA2 NM_006011 ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide ST8SIA4 NM_005668 ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide STAB2 NM_017564 stabilin 2 precursor STAC NM_003149 SH3 and cysteine rich domain STAR NM_000349 steroidogenic acute regulator isoform 1 STARD13 NM_052851 START domain containing 13 isoform gamma STARD4 NM_139164 START domain containing 4, sterol regulated STARD5 NM_030574 StAR-related lipid transfer protein 5 isoform 2 STAT5A NM_003152 signal transducer and activator of transcription STAU2 NM_014393 staufen homolog 2 STCH NM_006948 stress 70 protein chaperone, STEAP3 NM_001008410 dudulin 2 isoform b STIP1 NM_006819 stress-induced-phosphoprotein 1 STK10 NM_005990 serine/threonine kinase 10 STK16 NM_001008910 serine/threonine kinase 16 STK32B NM_018401 serine/threonine kinase 32B STK35 NM_080836 serine/threonine kinase 35 STK4 NM_006282 serine/threonine kinase 4 STMN3 NM_015894 SCG10-like-protein STON1 NM_006873 stonin 1 STOX2 NM_020225 storkhead box 2 STRN NM_003162 striatin, calmodulin binding protein STRN3 NM_014574 nuclear autoantigen STS NM_000351 steryl-sulfatase precursor STX17 NM_017919 syntaxin 17 STXBP1 NM_001032221 syntaxin binding protein 1 isoform b STXBP5 NM_139244 tomosyn SUFU NM_016169 suppressor of fused SUHW1 NM_080740 suppressor of hairy wing homolog 1 SULT1A3 NM_001017387 sulfotransferase family, cytosolic, 1A, SULT1A4 NM_001017389 sulfotransferase family, cytosolic, 1A, SULT1E1 NM_005420 sulfotransferase, estrogen-preferring SULT2A1 NM_003167 sulfotransferase family, cytosolic, 2A, SUMO3 NM_006936 small ubiquitin-like modifier protein 3 SURB7 NM_004264 SRB7 suppressor of RNA polymerase B homolog SURF4 NM_033161 surfeit 4 SURF5 NM_133640 surfeit 5 isoform b SUSD2 NM_019601 sushi domain containing 2 SUSD4 NM_017982 sushi domain containing 4 isoform a SUV420H1 NM_016028 suppressor of variegation 4-20 homolog 1 isoform SV2A NM_014849 synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 SV2B NM_014848 synaptic vesicle protein 2B homolog SVOP NM_018711 SV2 related protein SWAP70 NM_015055 SWAP-70 protein SYBL1 NM_005638 synaptobrevin-like 1 SYN2 NM_003178 synapsin II isoform IIb SYN3 NM_133632 synapsin III isoform IIIb SYNGR1 NM_004711 synaptogyrin 1 isoform 1a SYNJ2 NM_003898 synaptojanin 2 SYNJ2BP NM_018373 synaptojanin 2 binding protein SYT10 NM_198992 synaptotagmin 10 SYT11 NM_152280 synaptotagmin 12 SYT3 NM_032298 synaptotagmin 3 SYT6 NM_205848 synaptotagmin VI SYT7 NM_004200 synaptotagmin VII SYT9 NM_175733 synaptotagmin IX TACC1 NM_006283 transforming, acidic coiled-coil containing TACSTD2 NM_002353 tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 TADA3L NM_133480 transcriptional adaptor 3-like isoform b TAF12 NM_005644 TAF12 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding TAF1L NM_153809 TBP-associated factor RNA polymerase 1-like TAOK2 NM_004783 TAO kinase 2 isoform 1 TAPBP NM_003190 tapasin isoform 1 precursor TARDBP NM_007375 TAR DNA binding protein TATDN2 NM_014760 TatD DNase domain containing 2 TAZ NM_181314 tafazzin isoform 5 TBC1D1 NM_015173 TBC1 (tre-2/USP6, BUB2, cdc16) domain family, TBC1D10B NM_015527 TBC1 domain family, member 10B TBC1D14 NM_020773 TBC1 domain family, member 14 TBC1D20 NM_144628 TBC1 domain family, member 20 TBC1D22A NM_014346 TBC1 domain family, member 22A TBC1D22B NM_017772 TBC1 domain family, member 22B TBC1D2B NM_015079 TBC1 domain family, member 2B TBL1X NM_005647 transducin beta-like 1X TBX21 NM_013351 T-box 21 TBX3 NM_005996 T-box 3 protein isoform 1 TCEAL7 NM_152278 hypothetical protein LOC56849 TCF15 NM_004609 basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor 15 TCF20 NM_005650 transcription factor 20 isoform 1 TCF21 NM_198392 transcription factor 21 TCF7 NM_003202 transcription factor 7 (T-cell specific, TCHHL1 NM_001008536 trichohyalin-like 1 TCHP NM_032300 trichoplein TCN2 NM_000355 transcobalamin II precursor TCP10 NM_004610 t-complex 10 TCTA NM_022171 T-cell leukemia translocation altered gene TEAD1 NM_021961 TEA domain family member 1 TEAD3 NM_003214 TEA domain family member 3 TERT NM_198253 telomerase reverse transcriptase isoform 3 TEX2 NM_018469 testis expressed sequence 2 TEX261 NM_144582 testis expressed sequence 261 TFAP2B NM_003221 transcription factor AP-2 beta (activating TFF3 NM_003226 trefoil factor 3 precursor TGIF2 NM_021809 TGFB-induced factor 2 TGM2 NM_004613 transglutaminase 2 isoform a THADA NM_198554 thyroid adenoma associated isoform 2 THAP6 NM_144721 THAP domain containing 6 THBS1 NM_003246 thrombospondin 1 precursor THEDC1 NM_018324 thioesterase domain containing 1 isoform 1 THEM4 NM_053055 thioesterase superfamily member 4 isoform a THEM5 NM_182578 thioesterase superfamily member 5 THY1 NM_006288 Thy-1 cell surface antigen TIA1 NM_022037 TIA1 protein isoform 1 TIGD5 NM_032862 tigger transposable element derived 5 TIMM17A NM_006335 translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 17 TK2 NM_004614 thymidine kinase 2, mitochondrial TKTL1 NM_012253 transketolase-like 1 TKTL2 NM_032136 transketolase-like 2 TLK2 NM_006852 tousled-like kinase 2 TLN2 NM_015059 talin 2 TLR10 NM_001017388 toll-like receptor 10 precursor TLX2 NM_016170 T-cell leukemia, homeobox 2 TM2D2 NM_001024380 TM2 domain containing 2 isoform b TM4SF11 NM_015993 plasmolipin TM4SF20 NM_024795 transmembrane 4 L six family member 20 TM7SF4 NM_030788 dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein TMBIM1 NM_022152 transmembrane BAX inhibitor motif containing 1 TMC5 NM_024780 transmembrane channel-like 5 TMCC3 NM_020698 transmembrane and coiled-coil domains 3 TMED2 NM_006815 coated vesicle membrane protein TMEM1 NM_001001723 transmembrane protein 1 isoform b TMEM105 NM_178520 hypothetical protein LOC284186 TMEM106A NM_145041 hypothetical protein LOC113277 TMEM113 NM_025222 hypothetical protein PRO2730 TMEM116 NM_138341 hypothetical protein LOC89894 TMEM119 NM_181724 hypothetical protein LOC338773 TMEM12 NM_152311 transmembrane protein 12 TMEM121 NM_025268 hole protein TMEM127 NM_017849 hypothetical protein LOC55654 TMEM132D NM_133448 hypothetical protein LOC121256 TMEM134 NM_025124 hypothetical protein LOC80194 TMEM140 NM_018295 hypothetical protein LOC55281 TMEM148 NM_153238 hypothetical protein LOC197196 TMEM16B NM_020373 transmembrane protein 16B TMEM16F NM_001025356 transmembrane protein 16F TMEM16G NM_001001891 transmembrane protein 16G isoform NGEP long TMEM19 NM_018279 transmembrane protein 19 TMEM29 NM_014138 hypothetical protein LOC29057 TMEM30B NM_001017970 transmembrane protein 30B TMEM33 NM_018126 transmembrane protein 33 TMEM40 NM_018306 transmembrane protein 40 TMEM41B NM_015012 transmembrane protein 41B TMEM43 NM_024334 transmembrane protein 43 TMEM53 NM_024587 transmembrane protein 53 TMEM56 NM_152487 transmembrane protein 56 TMEM58 NM_198149 transmembrane protein 58 TMEM60 NM_032936 transmembrane protein 60 TMEM63A NM_014698 transmembrane protein 63A TMEM69 NM_016486 transmembrane protein 69 TMEM80 NM_174940 hypothetical protein LOC283232 TMEM97 NM_014573 hypothetical protein MAC30 TMLHE NM_018196 trimethyllysine hydroxylase, epsilon TMOD2 NM_014548 tropomodulin 2 (neuronal) TMPRSS11B NM_182502 transmembrane protease, serine 11B TMPRSS3 NM_024022 transmembrane protease, serine 3 isoform 1 TMPRSS4 NM_019894 transmembrane protease, serine 4 isoform 1 TNFAIP1 NM_021137 tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced protein 1 TNFAIP8L1 NM_152362 tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced protein TNFAIP8L3 NM_207381 tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced protein TNFRSF10B NM_003842 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, TNFRSF10C NM_003841 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, TNFRSF10D NM_003840 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, TNFRSF19 NM_148957 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, TNFRSF8 NM_001243 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, TNFSF10 NM_003810 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, TNFSF4 NM_003326 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, TNFSF9 NM_003811 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, TNIP3 NM_024873 hypothetical protein LOC79931 TNNI1 NM_003281 troponin I, skeletal, slow TNP1 NM_003284 transition protein 1 (during histone to TNPO2 NM_013433 transportin 2 (importin 3, karyopherin beta 2b) TNRC15 NM_015575 trinucleotide repeat containing 15 TNRC6B NM_001024843 trinucleotide repeat containing 6B isoform 2 TNS3 NM_022748 tensin-like SH2 domain containing 1 TOB2 NM_016272 transducer of ERBB2, 2 TOLLIP NM_019009 toll interacting protein TOM1L2 NM_001033551 target of myb1-like 2 isoform 1 TOMM40L NM_032174 translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 TOP2A NM_001067 DNA topoisomerase II, alpha isozyme TOR2A NM_130459 torsin family 2, member A TOR3A NM_022371 torsin family 3, member A TP53 NM_000546 tumor protein p53 TP53INP1 NM_033285 tumor protein p53 inducible nuclear protein 1 TP53RK NM_033550 p53-related protein kinase TPD52L3 NM_033516 protein kinase NYD-SP25 isoform 1 TPM3 NM_153649 tropomyosin 3 isoform 2 TPM4 NM_003290 tropomyosin 4 TPP1 NM_000391 tripeptidyl-peptidase I precursor TRAF7 NM_032271 ring finger and WD repeat domain 1 isoform 1 TRAIP NM_005879 TRAF interacting protein TRAM2 NM_012288 translocation-associated membrane protein 2 TRAPPC3 NM_014408 BET3 homolog TRIAD3 NM_207111 TRIAD3 protein isoform a TRIB3 NM_021158 tribbles 3 TRIM10 NM_006778 tripartite motif-containing 10 isoform 1 TRIM14 NM_033220 tripartite motif protein TRIM14 isoform alpha TRIM22 NM_006074 tripartite motif-containing 22 TRIM24 NM_003852 transcriptional intermediary factor 1 alpha TRIM25 NM_005082 tripartite motif-containing 25 TRIM26 NM_003449 tripartite motif-containing 26 TRIM29 NM_012101 tripartite motif protein TRIM29 isoform alpha TRIM35 NM_015066 tripartite motif-containing 35 isoform 1 TRIM37 NM_015294 tripartite motif-containing 37 protein TRIM44 NM_017583 DIPB protein TRIM5 NM_033034 tripartite motif protein TRIM5 isoform alpha TRIM52 NM_032765 hypothetical protein LOC84851 TRIM55 NM_033058 ring finger protein 29 isoform 2 TRIM56 NM_030961 tripartite motif-containing 56 TRIM58 NM_015431 tripartite motif-containing 58 TRIM62 NM_018207 tripartite motif-containing 62 TRIM65 NM_173547 tripartite motif containing 65 TRIM67 NM_001004342 hypothetical protein LOC440730 TRIM73 NM_198924 hypothetical protein LOC375593 TRIM74 NM_198853 hypothetical protein LOC378108 TRIM9 NM_052978 tripartite motif protein 9 isoform 2 TRIO NM_007118 triple functional domain (PTPRF interacting) TRIT1 NM_017646 tRNA isopentenyltransferase 1 TRMT5 NM_020810 tRNA-(N1G37) methyltransferase TRPC5 NM_012471 transient receptor potential cation channel, TRPM1 NM_002420 transient receptor potential cation channel, TRPM2 NM_001001188 transient receptor potential cation channel, TRPS1 NM_014112 zinc finger transcription factor TRPS1 TRPV5 NM_019841 transient receptor potential cation channel, TRPV6 NM_018646 transient receptor potential cation channel, TRUB2 NM_015679 TruB pseudouridine (psi) synthase homolog 2 TSC1 NM_000368 tuberous sclerosis 1 protein isoform 1 TSC22D3 NM_001015881 TSC22 domain family, member 3 isoform 3 TSN NM_004622 translin TSNAX NM_005999 translin-associated factor X TSPAN13 NM_014399 tetraspan NET-6 TSPAN15 NM_012339 transmembrane 4 superfamily member 15 TSPAN2 NM_005725 tetraspan 2 TSPAN9 NM_006675 tetraspanin 9 TSPYL5 NM_033512 TSPY-like 5 TTBK1 NM_032538 tau tubulin kinase 1 TTBK2 NM_173500 tau tubulin kinase 2 TTC12 NM_017868 tetratricopeptide repeat domain 12 TTC19 NM_017775 tetratricopeptide repeat domain 19 TTC21B NM_024753 tetratricopeptide repeat domain 21B TTF2 NM_003594 transcription termination factor, RNA polymerase TTL NM_153712 tubulin tyrosine ligase TTLL2 NM_031949 tubulin tyrosine ligase-like family, member 2 TTLL3 NM_001025930 tubulin tyrosine ligase-like family, member 3 TTLL6 NM_173623 hypothetical protein LOC284076 TTLL9 NM_001008409 tubulin tyrosine ligase-like family, member 9 TTYH2 NM_032646 tweety 2 isoform 1 TTYH3 NM_025250 tweety 3 TUB NM_003320 tubby isoform a TUBB NM_178014 tubulin, beta polypeptide TUBB1 NM_030773 beta tubulin 1, class VI TUBB4 NM_006087 tubulin, beta 4 TUBG1 NM_001070 tubulin, gamma 1 TUBG2 NM_016437 tubulin, gamma 2 TUBGCP6 NM_001008658 tubulin, gamma complex associated protein 6 TUFT1 NM_020127 tuftelin 1 TULP3 NM_003324 tubby like protein 3 TUSC5 NM_172367 LOST1 TXLNA NM_175852 taxilin TXLNB NM_153235 muscle-derived protein 77 TXNDC13 NM_021156 thioredoxin domain containing 13 TXNDC4 NM_015051 thioredoxin domain containing 4 (endoplasmic TXNL4B NM_017853 thioredoxin-like 4B TXNRD1 NM_003330 thioredoxin reductase 1 TYSND1 NM_173555 trypsin domain containing 1 isoform a UACA NM_001008224 uveal autoantigen with coiled-coil domains and UAP1L1 NM_207309 UDP-N-acteylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase 1-like UBE2E1 NM_003341 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2E 1 isoform 1 UBE2E3 NM_006357 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2E 3 UBE2G1 NM_003342 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2G 1 isoform 1 UBE2I NM_003345 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2I UBE2J1 NM_016021 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, J1 UBE2Q1 NM_017582 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2Q UBE2R2 NM_017811 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBC3B UBE3B NM_183414 ubiquitin protein ligase E3B isoform b UBE3C NM_014671 ubiquitin protein ligase E3C UBL3 NM_007106 ubiquitin-like 3 UBL7 NM_032907 ubiquitin-like 7 (bone marrow stromal UBN1 NM_016936 ubinuclein 1 UBOX5 NM_014948 U-box domain containing 5 isoform a UBXD2 NM_014607 UBX domain containing 2 UBXD8 NM_014613 UBX domain containing 8 UGDH NM_003359 UDP-glucose dehydrogenase UGT1A1 NM_000463 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1 UGT1A10 NM_019075 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide UGT1A3 NM_019093 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A3 UGT1A4 NM_007120 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A4 UGT1A5 NM_019078 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A5 UGT1A6 NM_001072 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A6 UGT1A7 NM_019077 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A7 UGT1A8 NM_019076 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A8 UGT1A9 NM_021027 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A9 ULBP1 NM_025218 UL16 binding protein 1 UMOD NM_001008389 uromodulin precursor UNC13D NM_199242 unc-13 homolog D UNC45B NM_001033576 cardiomyopathy associated 4 isoform 2 UNC5A NM_133369 netrin receptor Unc5h1 UNC5D NM_080872 netrin receptor Unc5h4 UNC93A NM_018974 unc-93 homolog A UPF1 NM_002911 regulator of nonsense transcripts 1 UPF2 NM_015542 UPF2 regulator of nonsense transcripts homolog USF1 NM_007122 upstream stimulatory factor 1 isoform 1 USP18 NM_017414 ubiquitin specific protease 18 USP2 NM_004205 ubiquitin specific protease 2 isoform a USP37 NM_020935 ubiquitin specific protease 37 USP46 NM_022832 ubiquitin specific protease 46 USP47 NM_017944 ubiquitin specific protease 47 USP49 NM_018561 ubiquitin specific protease 49 UTP14C NM_021645 UTP14, U3 small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein, UTS2D NM_198152 urotensin 2 domain containing UVRAG NM_003369 UV radiation resistance associated gene VANGL2 NM_020335 vang-like 2 (van gogh, Drosophila) VAPB NM_004738 VAMP-associated protein B/C VASH1 NM_014909 vasohibin 1 VAT1 NM_006373 vesicle amine transport protein 1 VAX1 NM_199131 ventral anterior homeobox 1 VBP1 NM_003372 von Hippel-Lindau binding protein 1 VCPIP1 NM_025054 valosin containing protein (p97)/p47 complex VDAC1 NM_003374 voltage-dependent anion channel 1 VEGF NM_001025366 vascular endothelial growth factor isoform a VGLL3 NM_016206 colon carcinoma related protein VHL NM_000551 von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor isoform 1 VIPR1 NM_004624 vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 1 VISA NM_020746 virus-induced signaling adapter VMD2L3 NM_152439 vitelliform macular dystrophy 2-like 3 VPREB1 NM_007128 immunoglobulin iota chain preproprotein VPS13A NM_001018037 vacuolar protein sorting 13A isoform C VPS13D NM_015378 vacuolar protein sorting 13D isoform 1 VPS16 NM_022575 vacuolar protein sorting 16 isoform 1 VPS26A NM_004896 vacuolar protein sorting 26 homolog A isoform 1 VPS37A NM_152415 hepatocellular carcinoma related protein 1 VPS45A NM_007259 vacuolar protein sorting 45A VPS4B NM_004869 vacuolar protein sorting factor 4B VPS52 NM_022553 suppressor of actin mutations 2-like VPS72 NM_005997 transcription factor-like 1 VSIG4 NM_007268 V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 4 VSIG9 NM_173799 hypothetical protein LOC201633 VTCN1 NM_024626 V-set domain containing T cell activation WASF3 NM_006646 WAS protein family, member 3 WASPIP NM_003387 WASP-interacting protein WBP2 NM_012478 WW domain binding protein 2 WBP5 NM_001006612 WW domain binding protein 5 WBSCR17 NM_022479 UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide WDFY3 NM_014991 WD repeat and FYVE domain containing 3 isoform WDR17 NM_170710 WD repeat domain 17 isoform 1 WDR22 NM_003861 Breakpoint cluster region protein, uterine WDR23 NM_025230 WD repeat domain 23 isoform 1 WDR33 NM_018383 WD repeat domain 33 isoform 1 WDR36 NM_139281 WD repeat domain 36 WDR42B NM_001017930 WD repeat domain 42B WDR48 NM_020839 WD repeat domain 48 WDR50 NM_016001 WD repeat domain 50 WDR6 NM_018031 WD repeat domain 6 protein WDR64 NM_144625 hypothetical protein LOC128025 WDR68 NM_005828 WD-repeat protein WDR7 NM_015285 rabconnectin-3 beta isoform 1 WDR81 NM_152348 alpha-2-plasmin inhibitor WDTC1 NM_015023 WD and tetratricopeptide repeats 1 WFDC1 NM_021197 WAP four-disulfide core domain 1 precursor WFS1 NM_006005 wolframin WHSC1 NM_014919 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1 protein WIG1 NM_022470 p53 target zinc finger protein isoform 1 WIRE NM_133264 WIRE protein WNK4 NM_032387 WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 4 WNT2 NM_003391 wingless-type MMTV integration site family WNT5B NM_030775 wingless-type MMTV integration site family, WSB1 NM_015626 WD repeat and SOCS box-containing 1 isoform 1 WWC3 NM_015691 hypothetical protein LOC55841 WWP2 NM_007014 WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase XK NM_021083 McLeod syndrome-associated, Kell blood group XKR5 NM_207411 XK-related protein 5a XLKD1 NM_006691 extracellular link domain containing 1 XPO4 NM_022459 exportin 4 XPO5 NM_020750 exportin 5 XRCC2 NM_005431 X-ray repair cross complementing protein 2 XRN1 NM_019001 5′-3′ exoribonuclease 1 XYLB NM_005108 xylulokinase homolog YAF2 NM_001012424 YY1 associated factor 2 isoform b YARS NM_003680 tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase YEATS2 NM_018023 YEATS domain containing 2 YIF1B NM_033557 Yip1 interacting factor homolog B isoform 2 YPEL1 NM_013313 yippee-like 1 YPEL2 NM_001005404 yippee-like 2 YPEL5 NM_016061 yippee-like 5 YTHDC2 NM_022828 YTH domain containing 2 YWHAB NM_003404 tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan ZADH1 NM_152444 zinc binding alcohol dehydrogenase, domain ZADH2 NM_175907 zinc binding alcohol dehydrogenase, domain ZAK NM_016653 MLK-related kinase isoform 1 ZBTB40 NM_014870 zinc finger and BTB domain containing 40 ZBTB41 NM_194314 zinc finger and BTB domain containing 41 ZBTB5 NM_014872 zinc finger and BTB domain containing 5 ZBTB6 NM_006626 zinc finger protein 482 ZC3H12A NM_025079 zinc finger CCCH-type containing 12A ZCCHC14 NM_015144 zinc finger, CCHC domain containing 14 ZDHHC11 NM_024786 zinc finger, DHHC domain containing 11 ZDHHC2 NM_016353 rec ZDHHC23 NM_173570 zinc finger, DHHC domain containing 23 ZDHHC4 NM_018106 zinc finger, DHHC domain containing 4 ZDHHC9 NM_001008222 zinc finger, DHHC domain containing 9 ZFAND2B NM_138802 zinc finger, AN1-type domain 2B ZFP30 NM_014898 zinc finger protein 30 homolog ZFP36L1 NM_004926 butyrate response factor 1 ZFP41 NM_173832 zinc finger protein 41 homolog ZFP91 NM_053023 zinc finger protein 91 isoform 1 ZFP95 NM_014569 zinc finger protein 95 homolog ZFYVE16 NM_014733 endosome-associated FYVE-domain protein ZFYVE27 NM_001002261 zinc finger, FYVE domain containing 27 isoform ZFYVE28 NM_020972 zinc finger, FYVE domain containing 28 ZGPAT NM_181484 zinc finger, CCCH-type with G patch domain ZHX3 NM_015035 zinc fingers and homeoboxes 3 ZIC1 NM_003412 zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 1 ZIC3 NM_003413 zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 3 ZIC4 NM_032153 zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 4 ZIM3 NM_052882 zinc finger, imprinted 3 ZKSCAN1 NM_003439 zinc finger protein 36 ZMYM3 NM_005096 zinc finger protein 261 ZMYM4 NM_005095 zinc finger protein 262 ZMYND11 NM_006624 zinc finger, MYND domain containing 11 isoform ZMYND19 NM_138462 zinc finger, MYND domain containing 19 ZNF132 NM_003433 zinc finger protein 132 (clone pHZ-12) ZNF136 NM_003437 zinc finger protein 136 (clone pHZ-20) ZNF137 NM_003438 zinc finger protein 137 (clone pHZ-30) ZNF157 NM_003446 zinc finger protein 157 ZNF160 NM_033288 zinc finger protein 160 ZNF167 NM_018651 zinc finger protein ZFP isoform 1 ZNF17 NM_006959 zinc finger protein 17 ZNF182 NM_001007088 zinc finger protein 21 isoform 2 ZNF187 NM_001023560 zinc finger protein 187 ZNF192 NM_006298 zinc finger protein 192 ZNF200 NM_003454 zinc finger protein 200 isoform 1 ZNF202 NM_003455 zinc finger protein 202 ZNF217 NM_006526 zinc finger protein 217 ZNF226 NM_001032374 zinc finger protein 226 isoform b ZNF236 NM_007345 zinc finger protein 236 ZNF264 NM_003417 zinc finger protein 264 ZNF265 NM_005455 zinc finger protein 265 isoform 2 ZNF272 NM_006635 zinc finger protein 272 ZNF276 NM_152287 zinc finger protein 276 homolog ZNF294 NM_015565 zinc finger protein 294 ZNF300 NM_052860 zinc finger protein 300 ZNF31 NM_145238 zinc finger protein 31 ZNF313 NM_018683 zinc finger protein 313 ZNF317 NM_020933 zinc finger protein 317 ZNF318 NM_014345 zinc finger protein 318 ZNF320 NM_207333 zinc finger protein 320 ZNF322A NM_024639 zinc finger protein 322A ZNF322B NM_199005 zinc finger protein 322B ZNF329 NM_024620 zinc finger protein 329 ZNF333 NM_032433 zinc finger protein 333 ZNF33A NM_006974 zinc finger protein 33A ZNF33B NM_006955 zinc finger protein 33B ZNF346 NM_012279 zinc finger protein 346 ZNF365 NM_199451 zinc finger protein 365 isoform C ZNF37A NM_001007094 zinc finger protein 37a ZNF384 NM_133476 nuclear matrix transcription factor 4 isoform a ZNF385 NM_015481 zinc finger protein 385 ZNF394 NM_032164 zinc finger protein 99 ZNF397 NM_032347 zinc finger protein 397 ZNF41 NM_007130 zinc finger protein 41 ZNF425 NM_001001661 zinc finger protein 425 ZNF426 NM_024106 zinc finger protein 426 ZNF43 NM_003423 zinc finger protein 43 (HTF6) ZNF430 NM_025189 zinc finger protein 430 ZNF445 NM_181489 zinc finger protein 445 ZNF471 NM_020813 zinc finger protein 471 ZNF480 NM_144684 zinc finger protein 480 ZNF483 NM_001007169 zinc finger protein 483 isoform b ZNF485 NM_145312 zinc finger protein 485 ZNF490 NM_020714 zinc finger protein 490 ZNF493 NM_175910 zinc finger protein 493 ZNF497 NM_198458 zinc finger protein 497 ZNF498 NM_145115 zinc finger protein 498 ZNF500 NM_021646 zinc finger protein 500 ZNF514 NM_032788 zinc finger protein 514 ZNF526 NM_133444 zinc finger protein 526 ZNF529 NM_020951 zinc finger protein 529 ZNF543 NM_213598 zinc finger protein 543 ZNF545 NM_133466 zinc finger protein 545 ZNF547 NM_173631 zinc finger protein 547 ZNF562 NM_017656 zinc finger protein 562 ZNF565 NM_152477 zinc finger protein 565 ZNF570 NM_144694 zinc finger protein 570 ZNF571 NM_016536 zinc finger protein 571 ZNF577 NM_032679 zinc finger protein 577 ZNF581 NM_016535 zinc finger protein 581 ZNF583 NM_152478 zinc finger protein 583 ZNF592 NM_014630 zinc finger protein 592 ZNF599 NM_001007247 zinc finger protein 599 isoform b ZNF600 NM_198457 zinc finger protein 600 ZNF605 NM_183238 zinc finger protein 605 ZNF607 NM_032689 zinc finger protein 607 ZNF621 NM_198484 zinc finger protein 621 ZNF622 NM_033414 zinc finger protein 622 ZNF623 NM_014789 zinc finger protein 623 ZNF650 NM_172070 zinc finger protein 650 ZNF651 NM_145166 zinc finger protein 651 ZNF652 NM_014897 zinc finger protein 652 ZNF660 NM_173658 zinc finger protein 660 ZNF662 NM_207404 zinc finger protein 662 ZNF677 NM_182609 zinc finger protein 677 ZNF694 NM_001012981 zinc finger protein 694 ZNF696 NM_030895 zinc finger protein 696 ZNF702 NM_024924 zinc finger protein 702 ZNF705A NM_001004328 hypothetical protein LOC440077 ZNF708 NM_021269 zinc finger protein 15-like 1 (KOX 8) ZNF81 NM_007137 zinc finger protein 81 (HFZ20) ZNF93 NM_001004126 zinc finger protein 93 isoform b ZNRF2 NM_147128 zinc finger/RING finger 2 ZSCAN2 NM_181877 zinc finger protein 29 isoform 1 ZSWIM4 NM_023072 zinc finger, SWIM domain containing 4 ZWILCH NM_017975 Zwilch ZWINT NM_001005414 ZW10 interactor isoform c ZYG11A NM_001004339 hypothetical protein LOC440590 ZYG11B NM_024646 hypothetical protein LOC79699

TABLE 4 hsa-miR-143 targets that exhibited altered mRNA expression levels in human cancer cells after transfection with pre-miR hsa-miR-143. for Ref Seq ID reference - Pruitt et at., 2005. Gene RefSeq Symbol Transcript ID Description ATP6V1A NM_001690 ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal 70 kD, V1 ATXN1 NM_000332 ataxin 1 CCND1 NM_053056 cyclin D1 CLIC4 NM_013943 chloride intracellular channel 4 DDAH1 NM_012137 dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 GALC NM_000153 galactosylceramidase isoform a precursor GATM NM_001482 glycine amidinotransferase (L-arginine:glycine GOLPH2 NM_016548 golgi phosphoprotein 2 IGFBP3 NM_000598 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 LMO4 NM_006769 LIM domain only 4 MCL1 NM_021960 myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 isoform 1 PROSC NM_007198 proline synthetase co-transcribed homolog RAB11FIP1 NM_001002814 Rab coupling protein isoform 3 RBL1 NM_002895 retinoblastoma-like protein 1 isoform a RHOBTB1 NM_001032380 Rho-related BTB domain containing 1 SERPINE1 NM_000602 plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 SLC35B1 NM_005827 solute carrier family 35, member B1 WASPIP NM_003387 WASP-interacting protein WDR50 NM_016001 WD repeat domain 50

The predicted gene targets of hsa-miR-143 whose mRNA expression levels are affected by hsa-miR-143 represent particularly useful candidates for cancer therapy and therapy of other diseases through manipulation of their expression levels.

Certain embodiments of the invention include determining expression of one or more marker, gene, or nucleic acid segment representative of one or more genes, by using an amplification assay, a hybridization assay, or protein assay, a variety of which are well known to one of ordinary skill in the art. In certain aspects, an amplification assay can be a quantitative amplification assay, such as quantitative RT-PCR or the like. In still further aspects, a hybridization assay can include array hybridization assays or solution hybridization assays. The nucleic acids from a sample may be labeled from the sample and/or hybridizing the labeled nucleic acid to one or more nucleic acid probes. Nucleic acids, mRNA, and/or nucleic acid probes may be coupled to a support. Such supports are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art and include, but are not limited to glass, plastic, metal, or latex. In particular aspects of the invention, the support can be planar or in the form of a bead or other geometric shapes or configurations known in the art. Proteins are typically assayed by immunoblotting, chromatography, or mass spectrometry or other methods known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

The present invention also concerns kits containing compositions of the invention or compositions to implement methods of the invention. In some embodiments, kits can be used to evaluate one or more marker molecules, and/or express one or more miRNA or miRNA inhibitor. In certain embodiments, a kit contains, contains at least or contains at most 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 100, 150, 200 or more probes, recombinant nucleic acid, or synthetic nucleic acid molecules related to the markers to be assessed or an miRNA or miRNA inhibitor to be expressed or modulated, and may include any range or combination derivable therein. Kits may comprise components, which may be individually packaged or placed in a container, such as a tube, bottle, vial, syringe, or other suitable container means. Individual components may also be provided in a kit in concentrated amounts; in some embodiments, a component is provided individually in the same concentration as it would be in a solution with other components. Concentrations of components may be provided as 1×, 2×, 5×, 10×, or 20× or more. Kits for using probes, synthetic nucleic acids, recombinant nucleic acids, or non-synthetic nucleic acids of the invention for therapeutic, prognostic, or diagnostic applications are included as part of the invention. Specifically contemplated are any such molecules corresponding to any miRNA reported to influence biological activity or expression of one or more marker gene or gene pathway described herein. In certain aspects, negative and/or positive controls are included in some kit embodiments. The control molecules can be used to verify transfection efficiency and/or control for transfection-induced changes in cells.

Certain embodiments are directed to a kit for assessment of a pathological condition or the risk of developing a pathological condition in a patient by nucleic acid profiling of a sample comprising, in suitable container means, two or more nucleic acid hybridization or amplification reagents. The kit can comprise reagents for labeling nucleic acids in a sample and/or nucleic acid hybridization reagents. The hybridization reagents typically comprise hybridization probes. Amplification reagents include, but are not limited to amplification primers, reagents, and enzymes.

In some embodiments of the invention, an expression profile is generated by steps that include: (a) labeling nucleic acid in the sample; (b) hybridizing the nucleic acid to a number of probes, or amplifying a number of nucleic acids, and (c) determining and/or quantitating nucleic acid hybridization to the probes or detecting and quantitating amplification products, wherein an expression profile is generated. See U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/575,743 and the U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/649,584, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/141,707 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/273,640, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

Methods of the invention involve diagnosing and/or assessing the prognosis of a patient based on a miRNA and/or a marker nucleic acid expression profile. In certain embodiments, the elevation or reduction in the level of expression of a particular gene or genetic pathway or set of nucleic acids in a cell is correlated with a disease state or pathological condition compared to the expression level of the same in a normal or non-pathologic cell or tissue sample. This correlation allows for diagnostic and/or prognostic methods to be carried out when the expression level of one or more nucleic acid is measured in a biological sample being assessed and then compared to the expression level of a normal or non-pathologic cell or tissue sample. It is specifically contemplated that expression profiles for patients, particularly those suspected of having or having a propensity for a particular disease or condition such as cancer, can be generated by evaluating any of or sets of the miRNAs and/or nucleic acids discussed in this application. The expression profile that is generated from the patient will be one that provides information regarding the particular disease or condition. In many embodiments, the profile is generated using nucleic acid hybridization or amplification, (e.g., array hybridization or RT-PCR). In certain aspects, an expression profile can be used in conjunction with other diagnostic and/or prognostic tests, such as histology, protein profiles in the serum and/or cytogenetic assessment.

TABLE 5 Tumor associated mRNAs altered by hsa-miR-143 having prognostic or therapeutic value for the treatment of various malignancies. Gene Cellular Symbol Gene Title Process Cancer Type Reference AKAP12 Akap-12/ signal CRC, PC, LC, GC, AML, CML (Xia et al., 2001; Wikman et al., 2002; Boultwood SSeCKS/ transduction et al., 2004; Choi et al., 2004; Mori et al., 2006) Gravin BCL2L1 BCL-XL Apoptosis NSCLC, SCLC, CRC, BC, BldC, RCC, HL, NHL, (Manion and Hockenbery, 2003) AML, ALL, HCC, OC, MB, G, ODG, My, OepC CCND1 cyclin D1 cell cycle MCL, BC, SCCHN, OepC, HCC, CRC, BldC, EC, (Donnellan and Chetty, 1998) OC, M, AC, GB, GC, PaC CCNG1 cyclin G1 cell cycle OS, BC, PC (Skotzko et al., 1995; Reimer et al., 1999) IGFBP3 IGFBP-3 signal BC, PC, LC, CRC (Firth and Baxter, 2002) transduction IL8 IL-8 signal BC, CRC, PaC, NSCLC, PC, HCC (Akiba et al., 2001; Sparmann and Bar-Sagi, 2004) transduction LMO4 Lmo-4 transcription BC, SCCHN, SCLC (Visvader et al., 2001; Mizunuma et al., 2003; Taniwaki et al., 2006) MCL1 Mcl-1 apoptosis HCC, MM, TT, CLL, ALCL, BCL, PC (Krajewska et al., 1996; Kitada et al., 1998; Cho- Vega et al., 2004; Rust et al., 2005; Sano et al., 2005; Wuilleme-Toumi et al., 2005; Fleischer et al., 2006; Sieghart et al., 2006) PDCD4 Pdcd-4 apoptosis G, HCC, L, RCC (Chen et al., 2003; Jansen et al., 2004; Zhang et al., 2006; Gao et al., 2007) RBL1 p107 cell cycle BCL, PC, CRC, TC (Takimoto et al., 1998; Claudio et al., 2002; Wu et al., 2002; Ito et al., 2003) TGFBR2 TGF beta signal BC, CRC (Markowitz, 2000; Lucke et al., 2001; Biswas et receptor type transduction al., 2004) II TXN thioredoxin thioredoxin LC, PaC, CeC, HCC (Marks, 2006) (trx) redox system WEE1 Wee-1 kinase cell cycle NSCLC (Yoshida et al., 2004) Abbreviations: AC, astrocytoma; ALCL, anaplastic large cell lymphoma; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myelogenous leukemia; BC, breast carcinoma; BCL, B-cell lymphoma; BldC, bladder carcinoma; CeC, cervical carcinoma; CLL, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia; CRC, colorectal carcinoma; EC, endometrial carcinoma; G, glioma; GB, glioblastoma; GC, gastric carcinoma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; L, leukemia; LC, lung carcinoma; M, melanoma; MB, medulloblastoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MM, multiple myeloma; My, myeloma; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; NSCLC, non-small cell lung carcinoma; OC, ovarian carcinoma; ODG, oligodendroglioma; OepC, oesophageal carcinoma; OS, osteosarcoma; PaC, pancreatic carcinoma; PC, prostate carcinoma; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; SCCHN, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; SCLC, small cell lung carcinoma; TC, thyroid carcinoma; TT, testicular tumor.

The methods can further comprise one or more of the steps including: (a) obtaining a sample from the patient, (b) isolating nucleic acids from the sample, (c) labeling the nucleic acids isolated from the sample, and (d) hybridizing the labeled nucleic acids to one or more probes. Nucleic acids of the invention include one or more nucleic acid comprising at least one segment having a sequence or complementary sequence of to a nucleic acid representative of one or more of genes or markers in Table 1, 3, 4, and/or 5.

It is contemplated that any method or composition described herein can be implemented with respect to any other method or composition described herein and that different embodiments may be combined. It is specifically contemplated that any methods and compositions discussed herein with respect to miRNA molecules, miRNA, genes, and nucleic acids representative of genes may be implemented with respect to synthetic nucleic acids. In some embodiments the synthetic nucleic acid is exposed to the proper conditions to allow it to become a processed or mature nucleic acid, such as a miRNA under physiological circumstances. The claims originally filed are contemplated to cover claims that are multiply dependent on any filed claim or combination of filed claims.

Also, any embodiment of the invention involving specific genes (including representative fragments there of), mRNA, or miRNAs by name is contemplated also to cover embodiments involving miRNAs whose sequences are at least 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% identical to the mature sequence of the specified miRNA.

It will be further understood that shorthand notations are employed such that a generic description of a gene or marker thereof, or of an miRNA refers to any of its gene family members (distinguished by a number) or representative fragments thereof, unless otherwise indicated. It is understood by those of skill in the art that a “gene family” refers to a group of genes having the same coding sequence or miRNA coding sequence. Typically, miRNA members of a gene family are identified by a number following the initial designation. For example, miR-16-1 and miR-16-2 are members of the miR-16 gene family and “mir-7” refers to miR-7-1, miR-7-2 and miR-7-3. Moreover, unless otherwise indicated, a shorthand notation refers to related miRNAs (distinguished by a letter). Exceptions to these shorthand notations will be otherwise identified.

Other embodiments of the invention are discussed throughout this application. Any embodiment discussed with respect to one aspect of the invention applies to other aspects of the invention as well and vice versa. The embodiments in the Example and Detailed Description section are understood to be embodiments of the invention that are applicable to all aspects of the invention.

The terms “inhibiting,” “reducing,” or “prevention,” or any variation of these terms, when used in the claims and/or the specification includes any measurable decrease or complete inhibition to achieve a desired result.

The use of the word “a” or “an” when used in conjunction with the term “comprising” in the claims and/or the specification may mean “one,” but it is also consistent with the meaning of “one or more,” “at least one,” and “one or more than one.”

Throughout this application, the term “about” is used to indicate that a value includes the standard deviation of error for the device or method being employed to determine the value.

The use of the term “or” in the claims is used to mean “and/or” unless explicitly indicated to refer to alternatives only or the alternatives are mutually exclusive, although the disclosure supports a definition that refers to only alternatives and “and/or.”

As used in this specification and claim(s), the words “comprising” (and any form of comprising, such as “comprise” and “comprises”), “having” (and any form of having, such as “have” and “has”), “including” (and any form of including, such as “includes” and “include”) or “containing” (and any form of containing, such as “contains” and “contain”) are inclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating specific embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

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FIG. 1. Average tumor volumes in mice harboring xenografts of A549 lung cancer cells treated with hsa-miR-143 (white squares; n=5) or treated with a negative control miRNA (black diamonds; n=5). Standard deviations are shown in the graph. Data points with p values less than 0.05 are indicated by an asterisk. Abbreviation: miR-143, hsa-miR-143; NC, negative control miRNA.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to compositions and methods relating to the identification and characterization of genes and biological pathways related to these genes as represented by the expression of the identified genes, as well as use of miRNAs related to such, for therapeutic, prognostic, and diagnostic applications, particularly those methods and compositions related to assessing and/or identifying pathological conditions directly or indirectly related to miR-143 expression or the aberrant expression thereof.

In certain aspects, the invention is directed to methods for the assessment, analysis, and/or therapy of a cell or subject where certain genes have a reduced or increased expression (relative to normal) as a result of an increased or decreased expression of any one or a combination of miR-143 family members (including, but not limited to lla-mir-143 M10002552; xtr-mir-143 MI0004937; dre-mir-143-2 MI0002008; rno-mir-143 MI0000916; ptr-mir-143 MI0002549; ppy-mir-143 MI0002551; ggo-mir-143 MI0002550; dre-mir-143-1 MI0002007; hsa-mir-143 MI0000459; ppa-mir-143 MI0002553; mdo-mir-143 MI0005302; and mmu-mir-143 MI0000257) and/or genes with an increased expression (relative to normal) as a result of decreased expression thereof. The expression profile and/or response to miR-143 expression or lack of expression may be indicative of an individual with a pathological condition, e.g., cancer.

Prognostic assays featuring any one or combination of the miRNAs listed or the markers listed (including nucleic acids representative thereof) could be used in assessment of a patient to determine what if any treatment regimen is justified. As with the diagnostic assays mentioned above, the absolute values that define low expression will depend on the platform used to measure the miRNA(s). The same methods described for the diagnostic assays could be used for prognostic assays.

II. THERAPEUTIC METHODS

Embodiments of the invention concern nucleic acids that perform the activities of or inhibit endogenous miRNAs when introduced into cells. In certain aspects, nucleic acids are synthetic or non-synthetic miRNA. Sequence-specific miRNA inhibitors can be used to inhibit sequentially or in combination the activities of one or more endogenous miRNAs in cells, as well those genes and associated pathways modulated by the endogenous miRNA.

The present invention concerns, in some embodiments, short nucleic acid molecules that function as miRNAs or as inhibitors of miRNA in a cell. The term “short” refers to a length of a single polynucleotide that is 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 50, 100, or 150 nucleotides or fewer, including all integers or ranges derivable there between. The nucleic acid molecules are typically synthetic. The term “synthetic” refers to a nucleic acid molecule that is not produced naturally in a cell. In certain aspects the chemical structure deviates from a naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule, such as an endogenous precursor miRNA or miRNA molecule or complement thereof. While in some embodiments, nucleic acids of the invention do not have an entire sequence that is identical or complementary to a sequence of a naturally-occurring nucleic acid, such molecules may encompass all or part of a naturally-occurring sequence or a complement thereof. It is contemplated, however, that a synthetic nucleic acid administered to a cell may subsequently be modified or altered in the cell such that its structure or sequence is the same as non-synthetic or naturally occurring nucleic acid, such as a mature miRNA sequence. For example, a synthetic nucleic acid may have a sequence that differs from the sequence of a precursor miRNA, but that sequence may be altered once in a cell to be the same as an endogenous, processed miRNA or an inhibitor thereof. The term “isolated” means that the nucleic acid molecules of the invention are initially separated from different (in terms of sequence or structure) and unwanted nucleic acid molecules such that a population of isolated nucleic acids is at least about 90% homogenous, and may be at least about 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, or 100% homogenous with respect to other polynucleotide molecules. In many embodiments of the invention, a nucleic acid is isolated by virtue of it having been synthesized in vitro separate from endogenous nucleic acids in a cell. It will be understood, however, that isolated nucleic acids may be subsequently mixed or pooled together. In certain aspects, synthetic miRNA of the invention are RNA or RNA analogs. miRNA inhibitors may be DNA or RNA, or analogs thereof. miRNA and miRNA inhibitors of the invention are collectively referred to as “synthetic nucleic acids.”

In some embodiments, there is a miRNA or a synthetic miRNA having a length of between 17 and 130 residues. The present invention concerns miRNA or synthetic miRNA molecules that are, are at least, or are at most 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 140, 145, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200 or more residues in length, including any integer or any range there between.

In certain embodiments, synthetic miRNA have (a) a “miRNA region” whose sequence or binding region from 5′ to 3′ is identical or complementary to all or a segment of a mature miRNA sequence, and (b) a “complementary region” whose sequence from 5′ to 3′ is between 60% and 100% complementary to the miRNA sequence in (a). In certain embodiments, these synthetic miRNA are also isolated, as defined above. The term “miRNA region” refers to a region on the synthetic miRNA that is at least 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 100% identical, including all integers there between, to the entire sequence of a mature, naturally occurring miRNA sequence or a complement thereof. In certain embodiments, the miRNA region is or is at least 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.8, 99.9 or 100% identical to the sequence of a naturally-occurring miRNA or complement thereof.

The term “complementary region” or “complement” refers to a region of a nucleic acid or mimetic that is or is at least 60% complementary to the mature, naturally occurring miRNA sequence. The complementary region is or is at least 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.8, 99.9 or 100% complementary, or any range derivable therein. With single polynucleotide sequences, there may be a hairpin loop structure as a result of chemical bonding between the miRNA region and the complementary region. In other embodiments, the complementary region is on a different nucleic acid molecule than the miRNA region, in which case the complementary region is on the complementary strand and the miRNA region is on the active strand.

In other embodiments of the invention, there are synthetic nucleic acids that are miRNA inhibitors. A miRNA inhibitor is between about 17 to 25 nucleotides in length and comprises a 5′ to 3′ sequence that is at least 90% complementary to the 5′ to 3′ sequence of a mature miRNA. In certain embodiments, a miRNA inhibitor molecule is 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, or 25 nucleotides in length, or any range derivable therein. Moreover, an miRNA inhibitor may have a sequence (from 5′ to 3′) that is or is at least 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.8, 99.9 or 100% complementary, or any range derivable therein, to the 5′ to 3′ sequence of a mature miRNA, particularly a mature, naturally occurring miRNA. One of skill in the art could use a portion of the miRNA sequence that is complementary to the sequence of a mature miRNA as the sequence for a miRNA inhibitor. Moreover, that portion of the nucleic acid sequence can be altered so that it is still comprises the appropriate percentage of complementarity to the sequence of a mature miRNA.

In some embodiments, of the invention, a synthetic miRNA or inhibitor contains one or more design element(s). These design elements include, but are not limited to: (i) a replacement group for the phosphate or hydroxyl of the nucleotide at the 5′ terminus of the complementary region; (ii) one or more sugar modifications in the first or last 1 to 6 residues of the complementary region; or, (iii) noncomplementarity between one or more nucleotides in the last 1 to 5 residues at the 3′ end of the complementary region and the corresponding nucleotides of the miRNA region. A variety of design modifications are known in the art, see below.

In certain embodiments, a synthetic miRNA has a nucleotide at its 5′ end of the complementary region in which the phosphate and/or hydroxyl group has been replaced with another chemical group (referred to as the “replacement design”). In some cases, the phosphate group is replaced, while in others, the hydroxyl group has been replaced. In particular embodiments, the replacement group is biotin, an amine group, a lower alkylamine group, an aminohexyl phosphate group, an acetyl group, 2′O-Me (2′oxygen-methyl), DMTO (4,4′-dimethoxytrityl with oxygen), fluorescein, a thiol, or acridine, though other replacement groups are well known to those of skill in the art and can be used as well. This design element can also be used with a miRNA inhibitor.

Additional embodiments concern a synthetic miRNA having one or more sugar modifications in the first or last 1 to 6 residues of the complementary region (referred to as the “sugar replacement design”). In certain cases, there is one or more sugar modifications in the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more residues of the complementary region, or any range derivable therein. In additional cases, there are one or more sugar modifications in the last 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more residues of the complementary region, or any range derivable therein, have a sugar modification. It will be understood that the terms “first” and “last” are with respect to the order of residues from the 5′ end to the 3′ end of the region. In particular embodiments, the sugar modification is a 2′O-Me modification, a 2′F modification, a 2′H modification, a 2′amino modification, a 4′thioribose modification or a phosphorothioate modification on the carboxy group linked to the carbon at position 6′. In further embodiments, there are one or more sugar modifications in the first or last 2 to 4 residues of the complementary region or the first or last 4 to 6 residues of the complementary region. This design element can also be used with a miRNA inhibitor. Thus, a miRNA inhibitor can have this design element and/or a replacement group on the nucleotide at the 5′ terminus, as discussed above.

In other embodiments of the invention, there is a synthetic miRNA or inhibitor in which one or more nucleotides in the last 1 to 5 residues at the 3′ end of the complementary region are not complementary to the corresponding nucleotides of the miRNA region (“noncomplementarity”) (referred to as the “noncomplementarity design”). The noncomplementarity may be in the last 1, 2, 3, 4, and/or 5 residues of the complementary miRNA. In certain embodiments, there is noncomplementarity with at least 2 nucleotides in the complementary region.

It is contemplated that synthetic miRNA of the invention have one or more of the replacement, sugar modification, or noncomplementarity designs. In certain cases, synthetic RNA molecules have two of them, while in others these molecules have all three designs in place.

The miRNA region and the complementary region may be on the same or separate polynucleotides. In cases in which they are contained on or in the same polynucleotide, the miRNA molecule will be considered a single polynucleotide. In embodiments in which the different regions are on separate polynucleotides, the synthetic miRNA will be considered to be comprised of two polynucleotides.

When the RNA molecule is a single polynucleotide, there can be a linker region between the miRNA region and the complementary region. In some embodiments, the single polynucleotide is capable of forming a hairpin loop structure as a result of bonding between the miRNA region and the complementary region. The linker constitutes the hairpin loop. It is contemplated that in some embodiments, the linker region is, is at least, or is at most 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, or 40 residues in length, or any range derivable therein. In certain embodiments, the linker is between 3 and 30 residues (inclusive) in length.

In addition to having a miRNA or inhibitor region and a complementary region, there may be flanking sequences as well at either the 5′ or 3′ end of the region. In some embodiments, there is or is at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 nucleotides or more, or any range derivable therein, flanking one or both sides of these regions.

Methods of the invention include reducing or eliminating activity of one or more miRNAs in a cell comprising introducing into a cell a miRNA inhibitor (which may be described generally herein as an miRNA, so that a description of miRNA, where appropriate, also will refer to a miRNA inhibitor); or supplying or enhancing the activity of one or more miRNAs in a cell. The present invention also concerns inducing certain cellular characteristics by providing to a cell a particular nucleic acid, such as a specific synthetic miRNA molecule or a synthetic miRNA inhibitor molecule. However, in methods of the invention, the miRNA molecule or miRNA inhibitor need not be synthetic. They may have a sequence that is identical to a naturally occurring miRNA or they may not have any design modifications. In certain embodiments, the miRNA molecule and/or the miRNA inhibitor are synthetic, as discussed above.

The particular nucleic acid molecule provided to the cell is understood to correspond to a particular miRNA in the cell, and thus, the miRNA in the cell is referred to as the “corresponding miRNA.” In situations in which a named miRNA molecule is introduced into a cell, the corresponding miRNA will be understood to be the induced or inhibited miRNA or induced or inhibited miRNA function. It is contemplated, however, that the miRNA molecule introduced into a cell is not a mature miRNA but is capable of becoming or functioning as a mature miRNA under the appropriate physiological conditions. In cases in which a particular corresponding miRNA is being inhibited by a miRNA inhibitor, the particular miRNA will be referred to as the “targeted miRNA.” It is contemplated that multiple corresponding miRNAs may be involved. In particular embodiments, more than one miRNA molecule is introduced into a cell. Moreover, in other embodiments, more than one miRNA inhibitor is introduced into a cell. Furthermore, a combination of miRNA molecule(s) and miRNA inhibitor(s) may be introduced into a cell. The inventors contemplate that a combination of miRNA may act at one or more points in cellular pathways of cells with aberrant phenotypes and that such combination may have increased efficacy on the target cell while not adversely effecting normal cells. Thus, a combination of miRNA may have a minimal adverse effect on a subject or patient while supplying a sufficient therapeutic effect, such as amelioration of a condition, growth inhibition of a cell, death of a targeted cell, alteration of cell phenotype or physiology, slowing of cellular growth, sensitization to a second therapy, sensitization to a particular therapy, and the like.

Methods include identifying a cell or patient in need of inducing those cellular characteristics. Also, it will be understood that an amount of a synthetic nucleic acid that is provided to a cell or organism is an “effective amount,” which refers to an amount needed (or a sufficient amount) to achieve a desired goal, such as inducing a particular cellular characteristic(s). Certain embodiments of the methods include providing or introducing to a cell a nucleic acid molecule corresponding to a mature miRNA in the cell in an amount effective to achieve a desired physiological result.

Moreover, methods can involve providing synthetic or nonsynthetic miRNA molecules. It is contemplated that in these embodiments, that the methods may or may not be limited to providing only one or more synthetic miRNA molecules or only one or more nonsynthetic miRNA molecules. Thus, in certain embodiments, methods may involve providing both synthetic and nonsynthetic miRNA molecules. In this situation, a cell or cells are most likely provided a synthetic miRNA molecule corresponding to a particular miRNA and a nonsynthetic miRNA molecule corresponding to a different miRNA. Furthermore, any method articulated using a list of miRNAs using Markush group language may be articulated without the Markush group language and a disjunctive article (i.e., or) instead, and vice versa.

Typically, an endogenous gene, miRNA or mRNA is modulated in the cell. In particular embodiments, the nucleic acid sequence comprises at least one segment that is at least 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 100% identical in nucleic acid sequence to one or more miRNA or gene sequence. Modulation of the expression or processing of an endogenous gene, miRNA, or mRNA can be through modulation of the processing of a mRNA, such processing including transcription, transportation and/or translation with in a cell. Modulation may also be effected by the inhibition or enhancement of miRNA activity with a cell, tissue, or organ. Such processing may affect the expression of an encoded product or the stability of the mRNA. In still other embodiments, a nucleic acid sequence can comprise a modified nucleic acid sequence. In certain aspects, one or more miRNA sequence may include or comprise a modified nucleobase or nucleic acid sequence.

It will be understood in methods of the invention that a cell or other biological matter such as an organism (including patients) can be provided a miRNA or miRNA molecule corresponding to a particular miRNA by administering to the cell or organism a nucleic acid molecule that functions as the corresponding miRNA once inside the cell. The form of the molecule provided to the cell may not be the form that acts a miRNA once inside the cell. Thus, it is contemplated that in some embodiments, a synthetic miRNA or a nonsynthetic miRNA is provided such that it becomes processed into a mature and active miRNA once it has access to the cell's miRNA processing machinery. In certain embodiments, it is specifically contemplated that the miRNA molecule provided is not a mature miRNA molecule but a nucleic acid molecule that can be processed into the mature miRNA once it is accessible to miRNA processing machinery. The term “nonsynthetic” in the context of miRNA means that the miRNA is not “synthetic,” as defined herein. Furthermore, it is contemplated that in embodiments of the invention that concern the use of synthetic miRNAs, the use of corresponding nonsynthetic miRNAs is also considered an aspect of the invention, and vice versa. It will be understand that the term “providing” an agent is used to include “administering” the agent to a patient.

In certain embodiments, methods also include targeting a miRNA to modulate in a cell or organism. The term “targeting a miRNA to modulate” means a nucleic acid of the invention will be employed so as to modulate the selected miRNA. In some embodiments the modulation is achieved with a synthetic or non-synthetic miRNA that corresponds to the targeted miRNA, which effectively provides the targeted miRNA to the cell or organism (positive modulation). In other embodiments, the modulation is achieved with a miRNA inhibitor, which effectively inhibits the targeted miRNA in the cell or organism (negative modulation).

In some embodiments, the miRNA targeted to be modulated is a miRNA that affects a disease, condition, or pathway. In certain embodiments, the miRNA is targeted because a treatment can be provided by negative modulation of the targeted miRNA. In other embodiments, the miRNA is targeted because a treatment can be provided by positive modulation of the targeted miRNA or its targets.

In certain methods of the invention, there is a further step of administering the selected miRNA modulator to a cell, tissue, organ, or organism (collectively “biological matter”) in need of treatment related to modulation of the targeted miRNA or in need of the physiological or biological results discussed herein (such as with respect to a particular cellular pathway or result like decrease in cell viability). Consequently, in some methods of the invention there is a step of identifying a patient in need of treatment that can be provided by the miRNA modulator(s). It is contemplated that an effective amount of a miRNA modulator can be administered in some embodiments. In particular embodiments, there is a therapeutic benefit conferred on the biological matter, where a “therapeutic benefit” refers to an improvement in the one or more conditions or symptoms associated with a disease or condition or an improvement in the prognosis, duration, or status with respect to the disease. It is contemplated that a therapeutic benefit includes, but is not limited to, a decrease in pain, a decrease in morbidity, a decrease in a symptom. For example, with respect to cancer, it is contemplated that a therapeutic benefit can be inhibition of tumor growth, prevention of metastasis, reduction in number of metastases, inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, induction of cell death in cancer cells, inhibition of angiogenesis near cancer cells, induction of apoptosis of cancer cells, reduction in pain, reduction in risk of recurrence, induction of chemo- or radiosensitivity in cancer cells, prolongation of life, and/or delay of death directly or indirectly related to cancer.

Furthermore, it is contemplated that the miRNA compositions may be provided as part of a therapy to a patient, in conjunction with traditional therapies or preventative agents. Moreover, it is contemplated that any method discussed in the context of therapy may be applied preventatively, particularly in a patient identified to be potentially in need of the therapy or at risk of the condition or disease for which a therapy is needed.

In addition, methods of the invention concern employing one or more nucleic acids corresponding to a miRNA and a therapeutic drug. The nucleic acid can enhance the effect or efficacy of the drug, reduce any side effects or toxicity, modify its bioavailability, and/or decrease the dosage or frequency needed. In certain embodiments, the therapeutic drug is a cancer therapeutic. Consequently, in some embodiments, there is a method of treating cancer in a patient comprising administering to the patient the cancer therapeutic and an effective amount of at least one miRNA molecule that improves the efficacy of the cancer therapeutic or protects non-cancer cells. Cancer therapies also include a variety of combination therapies with both chemical and radiation based treatments. Combination chemotherapies include but are not limited to, for example, 5-fluorouracil, alemtuzumab, amrubicin, bevacizumab, bleomycin, bortezomib, busulfan, camptothecin, capecitabine, carboplatin, cetuximab, chlorambucil, cisplatin (CDDP), COX-2 inhibitors (e.g., celecoxib), cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, dactinomycin, dasatinib, daunorubicin, dexamethasone, docetaxel, doxorubicin (adriamycin), EGFR inhibitors (gefitinib and cetuximab), erlotinib, estrogen receptor binding agents, etoposide (VP16), everolimus, farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitors, gefitinib, gemcitabine, gemtuzumab, ibritumomab, ifosfamide, imatinib mesylate, larotaxel, lapatinib, lonafarnib, mechlorethamine, melphalan, methotrexate, mitomycin, navelbine, nitrosurea, nocodazole, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, plicomycin, procarbazine, raloxifene, rituximab, sirolimus, sorafenib, sunitinib, tamoxifen, taxol, taxotere, temsirolimus, tipifamib, tositumomab, transplatinum, trastuzumab, vinblastin, vincristin, or vinorelbine or any analog or derivative variant of the foregoing.

Generally, inhibitors of miRNAs can be given to decrease the activity of an endogenous miRNA. For example, inhibitors of miRNA molecules that increase cell proliferation can be provided to cells to decrease cell proliferation. The present invention contemplates these embodiments in the context of the different physiological effects observed with the different miRNA molecules and miRNA inhibitors disclosed herein. These include, but are not limited to, the following physiological effects: increase and decreasing cell proliferation, increasing or decreasing apoptosis, increasing transformation, increasing or decreasing cell viability, activating or inhibiting a kinase (e.g., Erk), activating/inducing or inhibiting hTert, inhibit stimulation of growth promoting pathway (e.g., Stat 3 signaling), reduce or increase viable cell number, and increase or decrease number of cells at a particular phase of the cell cycle. Methods of the invention are generally contemplated to include providing or introducing one or more different nucleic acid molecules corresponding to one or more different miRNA molecules. It is contemplated that the following, at least the following, or at most the following number of different nucleic acid or miRNA molecules may be provided or introduced: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, or any range derivable therein. This also applies to the number of different miRNA molecules that can be provided or introduced into a cell.

III. PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS AND DELIVERY

Methods of the present invention include the delivery of an effective amount of a miRNA or an expression construct encoding the same. An “effective amount” of the pharmaceutical composition, generally, is defined as that amount sufficient to detectably and repeatedly to achieve the stated desired result, for example, to ameliorate, reduce, minimize or limit the extent of the disease or its symptoms. Other more rigorous definitions may apply, including elimination, eradication or cure of disease.

B. Administration

In certain embodiments, it is desired to kill cells, inhibit cell growth, inhibit metastasis, decrease tumor or tissue size, and/or reverse or reduce the malignant or disease phenotype of cells. The routes of administration will vary, naturally, with the location and nature of the lesion or site to be targeted, and include, e.g., intradermal, subcutaneous, regional, parenteral, intravenous, intramuscular, intranasal, systemic, and oral administration and formulation. Direct injection, intratumoral injection, or injection into tumor vasculature is specifically contemplated for discrete, solid, accessible tumors, or other accessible target areas. Local, regional, or systemic administration also may be appropriate. For tumors of >4 cm, the volume to be administered will be about 4-10 ml (preferably 10 ml), while for tumors of <4 cm, a volume of about 1-3 ml will be used (preferably 3 ml).

Multiple injections delivered as a single dose comprise about 0.1 to about 0.5 ml volumes. Compositions of the invention may be administered in multiple injections to a tumor or a targeted site. In certain aspects, injections may be spaced at approximately 1 cm intervals.

In the case of surgical intervention, the present invention may be used preoperatively, to render an inoperable tumor subject to resection. Alternatively, the present invention may be used at the time of surgery, and/or thereafter, to treat residual or metastatic disease. For example, a resected tumor bed may be injected or perfused with a formulation comprising a miRNA or combinations thereof. Administration may be continued post-resection, for example, by leaving a catheter implanted at the site of the surgery. Periodic post-surgical treatment also is envisioned. Continuous perfusion of an expression construct or a viral construct also is contemplated.

Continuous administration also may be applied where appropriate, for example, where a tumor or other undesired affected area is excised and the tumor bed or targeted site is treated to eliminate residual, microscopic disease. Delivery via syringe or catherization is contemplated. Such continuous perfusion may take place for a period from about 1-2 hours, to about 2-6 hours, to about 6-12 hours, to about 12-24 hours, to about 1-2 days, to about 1-2 wk or longer following the initiation of treatment. Generally, the dose of the therapeutic composition via continuous perfusion will be equivalent to that given by a single or multiple injections, adjusted over a period of time during which the perfusion occurs.

Treatment regimens may vary as well and often depend on tumor type, tumor location, immune condition, target site, disease progression, and health and age of the patient. Certain tumor types will require more aggressive treatment. The clinician will be best suited to make such decisions based on the known efficacy and toxicity (if any) of the therapeutic formulations.

In certain embodiments, the tumor or affected area being treated may not, at least initially, be resectable. Treatments with compositions of the invention may increase the resectability of the tumor due to shrinkage at the margins or by elimination of certain particularly invasive portions. Following treatments, resection may be possible. Additional treatments subsequent to resection may serve to eliminate microscopic residual disease at the tumor or targeted site.

Treatments may include various “unit doses.” A unit dose is defined as containing a predetermined quantity of a therapeutic composition(s). The quantity to be administered, and the particular route and formulation, are within the skill of those in the clinical arts. A unit dose need not be administered as a single injection but may comprise continuous infusion over a set period of time. With respect to a viral component of the present invention, a unit dose may conveniently be described in terms of μg or mg of miRNA or miRNA mimetic. Alternatively, the amount specified may be the amount administered as the average daily, average weekly, or average monthly dose.

miRNA can be administered to the patient in a dose or doses of about or of at least about 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470, 480, 490, 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660, 670, 680, 690, 700, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820, 830, 840, 850, 860, 870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990, 1000 μg or mg, or more, or any range derivable therein. Alternatively, the amount specified may be the amount administered as the average daily, average weekly, or average monthly dose, or it may be expressed in terms of mg/kg, where kg refers to the weight of the patient and the mg is specified above. In other embodiments, the amount specified is any number discussed above but expressed as mg/m² (with respect to tumor size or patient surface area).

C. Injectable Compositions and Formulations

In some embodiments, the method for the delivery of a miRNA or an expression construct encoding such or combinations thereof is via systemic administration. However, the pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein may also be administered parenterally, subcutaneously, directly, intratracheally, intravenously, intradermally, intramuscularly, or even intraperitoneally as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,543,158; 5,641,515 and 5,399,363 (each specifically incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).

Injection of nucleic acids may be delivered by syringe or any other method used for injection of a solution, as long as the nucleic acid and any associated components can pass through the particular gauge of needle required for injection. A syringe system has also been described for use in gene therapy that permits multiple injections of predetermined quantities of a solution precisely at any depth (U.S. Pat. No. 5,846,225).

Solutions of the active compounds as free base or pharmacologically acceptable salts may be prepared in water suitably mixed with a surfactant, such as hydroxypropylcellulose. Dispersions may also be prepared in glycerol, liquid polyethylene glycols, mixtures thereof, and in oils. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms. The pharmaceutical forms suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions (U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,468, specifically incorporated herein by reference in its entirety). In all cases the form must be sterile and must be fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists. It must be stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage and must be preserved against the contaminating action of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. The carrier can be a solvent or dispersion medium containing, for example, water, ethanol, polyol (e.g., glycerol, propylene glycol, and liquid polyethylene glycol, and the like), suitable mixtures thereof, and/or vegetable oils. Proper fluidity may be maintained, for example, by the use of a coating, such as lecithin, by the maintenance of the required particle size in the case of dispersion and by the use of surfactants. The prevention of the action of microorganisms can be brought about by various antibacterial and antifungal agents, for example, parabens, chlorobutanol, phenol, sorbic acid, thimerosal, and the like. In many cases, it will be preferable to include isotonic agents, for example, sugars or sodium chloride. Prolonged absorption of the injectable compositions can be brought about by the use in the compositions of agents delaying absorption, for example, aluminum monostearate and gelatin.

In certain formulations, a water-based formulation is employed while in others, it may be lipid-based. In particular embodiments of the invention, a composition comprising a tumor suppressor protein or a nucleic acid encoding the same is in a water-based formulation. In other embodiments, the formulation is lipid based.

For parenteral administration in an aqueous solution, for example, the solution should be suitably buffered if necessary and the liquid diluent first rendered isotonic with sufficient saline or glucose. These particular aqueous solutions are especially suitable for intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intratumoral, intralesional, and intraperitoneal administration. In this connection, sterile aqueous media which can be employed will be known to those of skill in the art in light of the present disclosure. For example, one dosage may be dissolved in 1 ml of isotonic NaCl solution and either added to 1000 ml of hypodermoclysis fluid or injected at the proposed site of infusion, (see for example, “Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences” 15th Edition, pages 1035-1038 and 1570-1580). Some variation in dosage will necessarily occur depending on the condition of the subject being treated. The person responsible for administration will, in any event, determine the appropriate dose for the individual subject. Moreover, for human administration, preparations should meet sterility, pyrogenicity, general safety and purity standards as required by FDA Office of Biologics standards.

As used herein, a “carrier” includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, vehicles, coatings, diluents, antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorption delaying agents, buffers, carrier solutions, suspensions, colloids, and the like. The use of such media and agents for pharmaceutical active substances is well known in the art. Except insofar as any conventional media or agent is incompatible with the active ingredient, its use in the therapeutic compositions is contemplated. Supplementary active ingredients can also be incorporated into the compositions.

The phrase “pharmaceutically acceptable” refers to molecular entities and compositions that do not produce an allergic or similar untoward reaction when administered to a human.

The nucleic acid(s) are administered in a manner compatible with the dosage formulation, and in such amount as will be therapeutically effective. The quantity to be administered depends on the subject to be treated, including, e.g., the aggressiveness of the disease or cancer, the size of any tumor(s) or lesions, the previous or other courses of treatment. Precise amounts of active ingredient required to be administered depend on the judgment of the practitioner. Suitable regimes for initial administration and subsequent administration are also variable, but are typified by an initial administration followed by other administrations. Such administration may be systemic, as a single dose, continuous over a period of time spanning 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes, and/or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 or more hours, and/or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, days or more. Moreover, administration may be through a time release or sustained release mechanism, implemented by formulation and/or mode of administration.

Various methods for nucleic acid delivery are described, for example in Sambrook et al., 1989 and Ausubel et al., 1994. Such nucleic acid delivery systems comprise the desired nucleic acid, by way of example and not by limitation, in either “naked” form as a “naked” nucleic acid, or formulated in a vehicle suitable for delivery, such as in a complex with a cationic molecule or a liposome forming lipid, or as a component of a vector, or a component of a pharmaceutical composition. The nucleic acid delivery system can be provided to the cell either directly, such as by contacting it with the cell, or indirectly, such as through the action of any biological process. By way of example, and not by limitation, the nucleic acid delivery system can be provided to the cell by endocytosis; receptor targeting; coupling with native or synthetic cell membrane fragments; physical means such as electroporation; combining the nucleic acid delivery system with a polymeric carrier, such as a controlled release film or nanoparticle or microparticle or biocompatible molecules or biodegradable molecules; with vector. The nucleic acid delivery system can be injected into a tissue or fluid surrounding the cell, or administered by diffusion of the nucleic acid delivery system across the cell membrane, or by any active or passive transport mechanism across the cell membrane. Additionally, the nucleic acid delivery system can be provided to the cell using techniques such as antibody-related targeting and antibody-mediated immobilization of a viral vector.

D. Combination Treatments

In certain embodiments, the compositions and methods of the present invention involve a miRNA, or expression construct encoding such. These miRNA composition can be used in combination with a second therapy to enhance the effect of the miRNA therapy, or increase the therapeutic effect of another therapy being employed. These compositions would be provided in a combined amount effective to achieve the desired effect, such as the killing of a cancer cell and/or the inhibition of cellular hyperproliferation. This process may involve contacting the cells with the miRNA or second therapy at the same or different time. This may be achieved by contacting the cell with one or more compositions or pharmacological formulation that includes or more of the agents, or by contacting the cell with two or more distinct compositions or formulations, wherein one composition provides (1) miRNA; and/or (2) a second therapy. A second composition or method may be administered that includes a chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgical therapy, immunotherapy or gene therapy.

It is contemplated that one may provide a patient with the miRNA therapy and the second therapy within about 12-24 h of each other and, more preferably, within about 6-12 h of each other. In some situations, it may be desirable to extend the time period for treatment significantly, however, where several days (2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7) to several weeks (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8) lapse between the respective administrations.

In certain embodiments, a course of treatment will last 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 days or more. It is contemplated that one agent may be given on day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, and/or 90, any combination thereof, and another agent is given on day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, and/or 90, or any combination thereof. Within a single day (24-hour period), the patient may be given one or multiple administrations of the agent(s). Moreover, after a course of treatment, it is contemplated that there is a period of time at which no treatment is administered. This time period may last 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days, and/or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 weeks, and/or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months or more, depending on the condition of the patient, such as their prognosis, strength, health, etc.

Various combinations may be employed, for example miRNA therapy is “A” and a second therapy is “B”:

A/B/A B/A/B B/B/A A/A/B A/B/B B/A/A A/B/B/B B/A/B/B B/B/B/A B/B/A/B A/A/B/B A/B/A/B A/B/B/A B/B/A/A B/A/B/A B/A/A/B A/A/A/B B/A/A/A A/B/A/A A/A/B/A

Administration of any compound or therapy of the present invention to a patient will follow general protocols for the administration of such compounds, taking into account the toxicity, if any, of the vector or any protein or other agent. Therefore, in some embodiments there is a step of monitoring toxicity that is attributable to combination therapy. It is expected that the treatment cycles would be repeated as necessary. It also is contemplated that various standard therapies, as well as surgical intervention, may be applied in combination with the described therapy.

In specific aspects, it is contemplated that a second therapy, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, surgical therapy or other gene therapy, is employed in combination with the miRNA therapy, as described herein.

2. Chemotherapy

A wide variety of chemotherapeutic agents may be used in accordance with the present invention. The term “chemotherapy” refers to the use of drugs to treat cancer. A “chemotherapeutic agent” is used to connote a compound or composition that is administered in the treatment of cancer. These agents or drugs are categorized by their mode of activity within a cell, for example, whether and at what stage they affect the cell cycle. Alternatively, an agent may be characterized based on its ability to directly cross-link DNA, to intercalate into DNA, or to induce chromosomal and mitotic aberrations by affecting nucleic acid synthesis. Most chemotherapeutic agents fall into the following categories: alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, mitotic inhibitors, and nitrosoureas.

b. Alkylating Agents

Alkylating agents are drugs that directly interact with genomic DNA to prevent the cancer cell from proliferating. This category of chemotherapeutic drugs represents agents that affect all phases of the cell cycle, that is, they are not phase-specific. Alkylating agents can be implemented to treat chronic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, and particular cancers of the breast, lung, and ovary. They include: busulfan, chlorambucil, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide (cytoxan), dacarbazine, ifosfamide, mechlorethamine (mustargen), and melphalan. Troglitazaone can be used to treat cancer in combination with any one or more of these alkylating agents.

c. Antimetabolites

Antimetabolites disrupt DNA and RNA synthesis. Unlike alkylating agents, they specifically influence the cell cycle during S phase. They have been used to combat chronic leukemias in addition to tumors of breast, ovary and the gastrointestinal tract. Antimetabolites include 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), cytarabine (Ara-C), fludarabine, gemcitabine, and methotrexate.

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) has the chemical name of 5-fluoro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione. Its mechanism of action is thought to be by blocking the methylation reaction of deoxyuridylic acid to thymidylic acid. Thus, 5-FU interferes with the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and to a lesser extent inhibits the formation of ribonucleic acid (RNA). Since DNA and RNA are essential for cell division and proliferation, it is thought that the effect of 5-FU is to create a thymidine deficiency leading to cell death. Thus, the effect of 5-FU is found in cells that rapidly divide, a characteristic of metastatic cancers.

d. Antitumor Antibiotics

Antitumor antibiotics have both antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. These drugs also interfere with DNA by chemically inhibiting enzymes and mitosis or altering cellular membranes. These agents are not phase specific so they work in all phases of the cell cycle. Thus, they are widely used for a variety of cancers. Examples of antitumor antibiotics include bleomycin, dactinomycin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and idarubicin, some of which are discussed in more detail below. Widely used in clinical setting for the treatment of neoplasms, these compounds are administered through bolus injections intravenously at doses ranging from 25-75 mg/m² at 21 day intervals for adriamycin, to 35-100 mg/m² for etoposide intravenously or orally.

e. Mitotic Inhibitors

Mitotic inhibitors include plant alkaloids and other natural agents that can inhibit either protein synthesis required for cell division or mitosis. They operate during a specific phase during the cell cycle. Mitotic inhibitors comprise docetaxel, etoposide (VP16), paclitaxel, taxol, taxotere, vinblastine, vincristine, and vinorelbine.

f. Nitrosureas

Nitrosureas, like alkylating agents, inhibit DNA repair proteins. They are used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, multiple myeloma, malignant melanoma, in addition to brain tumors. Examples include carmustine and lomustine.

3. Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy, also called radiation therapy, is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation deposits energy that injures or destroys cells in the area being treated by damaging their genetic material, making it impossible for these cells to continue to grow. Although radiation damages both cancer cells and normal cells, the latter are able to repair themselves and function properly. Radiotherapy may be used to treat localized solid tumors, such as cancers of the skin, tongue, larynx, brain, breast, or cervix. It can also be used to treat leukemia and lymphoma (cancers of the blood-forming cells and lymphatic system, respectively).

Radiation therapy used according to the present invention may include, but is not limited to, the use of γ-rays, X-rays, and/or the directed delivery of radioisotopes to tumor cells. Other forms of DNA damaging factors are also contemplated such as microwaves, proton beam irradiation (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,760,395 and 4,870,287) and UV-irradiation. It is most likely that all of these factors effect a broad range of damage on DNA, on the precursors of DNA, on the replication and repair of DNA, and on the assembly and maintenance of chromosomes. Dosage ranges for X-rays range from daily doses of 50 to 200 roentgens for prolonged periods of time (3 to 4 wk), to single doses of 2000 to 6000 roentgens. Dosage ranges for radioisotopes vary widely, and depend on the half-life of the isotope, the strength and type of radiation emitted, and the uptake by the neoplastic cells. Radiotherapy may comprise the use of radiolabeled antibodies to deliver doses of radiation directly to the cancer site (radioimmunotherapy). Once injected into the body, the antibodies actively seek out the cancer cells, which are destroyed by the cell-killing (cytotoxic) action of the radiation. This approach can minimize the risk of radiation damage to healthy cells.

Stereotactic radio-surgery (gamma knife) for brain and other tumors does not use a knife, but very precisely targeted beams of gamma radiotherapy from hundreds of different angles. Only one session of radiotherapy, taking about four to five hours, is needed. For this treatment a specially made metal frame is attached to the head. Then, several scans and x-rays are carried out to find the precise area where the treatment is needed. During the radiotherapy for brain tumors, the patient lies with their head in a large helmet, which has hundreds of holes in it to allow the radiotherapy beams through. Related approaches permit positioning for the treatment of tumors in other areas of the body.

4. Immunotherapy

In the context of cancer treatment, immunotherapeutics, generally, rely on the use of immune effector cells and molecules to target and destroy cancer cells. Trastuzumab (Herceptin™) is such an example. The immune effector may be, for example, an antibody specific for some marker on the surface of a tumor cell. The antibody alone may serve as an effector of therapy or it may recruit other cells to actually affect cell killing. The antibody also may be conjugated to a drug or toxin (chemotherapeutic, radionuclide, ricin A chain, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin, etc.) and serve merely as a targeting agent. Alternatively, the effector may be a lymphocyte carrying a surface molecule that interacts, either directly or indirectly, with a tumor cell target. Various effector cells include cytotoxic T cells and NK cells. The combination of therapeutic modalities, i.e., direct cytotoxic activity and inhibition or reduction of ErbB2 would provide therapeutic benefit in the treatment of ErbB2 overexpressing cancers.

In one aspect of immunotherapy, the tumor or disease cell must bear some marker that is amenable to targeting, i.e., is not present on the majority of other cells. Many tumor markers exist and any of these may be suitable for targeting in the context of the present invention. Common tumor markers include carcinoembryonic antigen, prostate specific antigen, urinary tumor associated antigen, fetal antigen, tyrosinase (p97), gp68, TAG-72, HMFG, Sialyl Lewis Antigen, MucA, MucB, PLAP, estrogen receptor, laminin receptor, erb B and p155. An alternative aspect of immunotherapy is to combine anticancer effects with immune stimulatory effects. Immune stimulating molecules also exist including: cytokines such as IL-2, IL-4, IL-12, GM-CSF, gamma-IFN, chemokines such as MIP-1, MCP-1, IL-8 and growth factors such as FLT3 ligand. Combining immune stimulating molecules, either as proteins or using gene delivery in combination with a tumor suppressor such as MDA-7 has been shown to enhance anti-tumor effects (Ju et al., 2000). Moreover, antibodies against any of these compounds can be used to target the anti-cancer agents discussed herein.

Examples of immunotherapies currently under investigation or in use are immune adjuvants e.g., Mycobacterium bovis, Plasmodium falciparum, dinitrochlorobenzene and aromatic compounds (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,801,005 and 5,739,169; Hui and Hashimoto, 1998; Christodoulides et al., 1998), cytokine therapy e.g., interferons α, β and γ; IL-1, GM-CSF and TNF (Bukowski et al., 1998; Davidson et al., 1998; Hellstrand et al., 1998) gene therapy e.g., TNF, IL-1, IL-2, p53 (Qin et al., 1998; Austin-Ward and Villaseca, 1998; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,830,880 and 5,846,945) and monoclonal antibodies e.g., anti-ganglioside GM2, anti-HER-2, anti-p185; Pietras et al., 1998; Hanibuchi et al., 1998; U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,311). Herceptin (trastuzumab) is a chimeric (mouse-human) monoclonal antibody that blocks the HER2-neu receptor. It possesses anti-tumor activity and has been approved for use in the treatment of malignant tumors (Dillman, 1999). Table 6 is a non-limiting list of several known anti-cancer immunotherapeutic agents and their targets. It is contemplated that one or more of these therapies may be employed with the miRNA therapies described herein.

A number of different approaches for passive immunotherapy of cancer exist. They may be broadly categorized into the following: injection of antibodies alone; injection of antibodies coupled to toxins or chemotherapeutic agents; injection of antibodies coupled to radioactive isotopes; injection of anti-idiotype antibodies; and finally, purging of tumor cells in bone marrow.

TABLE 6 Generic Name Target Cetuximab EGFR Panitumumab EGFR Trastuzumab erbB2 receptor Bevacizumab VEGF Alemtuzumab CD52 Gemtuzumab ozogamicin CD33 Rituximab CD20 Tositumomab CD20 Matuzumab EGFR Ibritumomab tiuxetan CD20 Tositumomab CD20 HuPAM4 MUC1 MORAb-009 Mesothelin G250 carbonic anhydrase IX mAb 8H9 8H9 antigen M195 CD33 Ipilimumab CTLA4 HuLuc63 CS1 Alemtuzumab CD53 Epratuzumab CD22 BC8 CD45 HuJ591 Prostate specific membrane antigen hA20 CD20 Lexatumumab TRAIL receptor-2 Pertuzumab HER-2 receptor Mik-beta-1 IL-2R RAV12 RAAG12 SGN-30 CD30 AME-133v CD20 HeFi-1 CD30 BMS-663513 CD137 Volociximab anti-α5β1 integrin GC1008 TGFβ HCD122 CD40 Siplizumab CD2 MORAb-003 Folate receptor alpha CNTO 328 IL-6 MDX-060 CD30 Ofatumumab CD20 SGN-33 CD33

5. Gene Therapy

In yet another embodiment, a combination treatment involves gene therapy in which a therapeutic polynucleotide is administered before, after, or at the same time as one or more therapeutic miRNA. Delivery of a therapeutic polypeptide or encoding nucleic acid in conjunction with a miRNA may have a combined therapeutic effect on target tissues. A variety of proteins are encompassed within the invention, some of which are described below. Various genes that may be targeted for gene therapy of some form in combination with the present invention include, but are not limited to inducers of cellular proliferation, inhibitors of cellular proliferation, regulators of programmed cell death, cytokines and other therapeutic nucleic acids or nucleic acid that encode therapeutic proteins.

The tumor suppressor oncogenes function to inhibit excessive cellular proliferation. The inactivation of these genes destroys their inhibitory activity, resulting in unregulated proliferation. The tumor suppressors (e.g., therapeutic polypeptides) p53, FHIT, p16 and C-CAM can be employed.

In addition to p53, another inhibitor of cellular proliferation is p16. The major transitions of the eukaryotic cell cycle are triggered by cyclin-dependent kinases, or CDK's. One CDK, cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4), regulates progression through the G1. The activity of this enzyme may be to phosphorylate Rb at late G1. The activity of CDK4 is controlled by an activating subunit, D-type cyclin, and by an inhibitory subunit, the p161NK4 has been biochemically characterized as a protein that specifically binds to and inhibits CDK4, and thus may regulate Rb phosphorylation (Serrano et al., 1993; Serrano et al., 1995). Since the p161NK4 protein is a CDK4 inhibitor (Serrano, 1993), deletion of this gene may increase the activity of CDK4, resulting in hyperphosphorylation of the Rb protein. p16 also is known to regulate the function of CDK6.

p161NK4 belongs to a newly described class of CDK-inhibitory proteins that also includes p16B, p19, p21 WAF1, and p27KIP1. The p161NK4 gene maps to 9p21, a chromosome region frequently deleted in many tumor types. Homozygous deletions and mutations of the p161NK4 gene are frequent in human tumor cell lines. This evidence suggests that the p161NK4 gene is a tumor suppressor gene. This interpretation has been challenged, however, by the observation that the frequency of the p161NK4 gene alterations is much lower in primary uncultured tumors than in cultured cell lines (Caldas et al., 1994; Cheng et al., 1994; Hussussian et al., 1994; Kamb et al, 1994; Mori et al., 1994; Okamoto et al., 1994; Nobori et al., 1995; Orlow et al., 1994; Arap et al., 1995). Restoration of wild-type p161NK4 function by transfection with a plasmid expression vector reduced colony formation by some human cancer cell lines (Okamoto, 1994; Arap, 1995).

Other genes that may be employed according to the present invention include Rb, APC, DCC, NF-1, NF-2, WT-1, MEN-1, MEN-II, zac1, p73, VHL, MMAC1/PTEN, DBCCR-1, FCC, rsk-3, p27, p27/p16 fusions, p21/p27 fusions, anti-thrombotic genes (e.g., COX-1, TFPI), PGS, Dp, E2F, ras, myc, neu, raf, erb, fms, trk, ret, gsp, hst, abl, E1A, p300, genes involved in angiogenesis (e.g., VEGF, FGF, thrombospondin, BAI-1, GDAIF, or their receptors) and MCC.

6. Surgery

Approximately 60% of persons with cancer will undergo surgery of some type, which includes preventative, diagnostic or staging, curative and palliative surgery. Curative surgery is a cancer treatment that may be used in conjunction with other therapies, such as the treatment of the present invention, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy and/or alternative therapies.

Curative surgery includes resection in which all or part of cancerous tissue is physically removed, excised, and/or destroyed. Tumor resection refers to physical removal of at least part of a tumor. In addition to tumor resection, treatment by surgery includes laser surgery, cryosurgery, electrosurgery, and microscopically controlled surgery (Mohs' surgery). It is further contemplated that the present invention may be used in conjunction with removal of superficial cancers, precancers, or incidental amounts of normal tissue.

Upon excision of part of all of cancerous cells, tissue, or tumor, a cavity may be formed in the body. Treatment may be accomplished by perfusion, direct injection or local application of the area with an additional anti-cancer therapy. Such treatment may be repeated, for example, every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 days, or every 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 weeks or every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 months. These treatments may be of varying dosages as well.

7. Other Agents

It is contemplated that other agents may be used in combination with the present invention to improve the therapeutic efficacy of treatment. These additional agents include immunomodulatory agents, agents that affect the upregulation of cell surface receptors and GAP junctions, cytostatic and differentiation agents, inhibitors of cell adhesion, agents that increase the sensitivity of the hyperproliferative cells to apoptotic inducers, or other biological agents. Immunomodulatory agents include tumor necrosis factor; interferon alpha, beta, and gamma; IL-2 and other cytokines; F42K and other cytokine analogs; or MIP-1, MIP-1beta, MCP-1, RANTES, and other chemokines. It is further contemplated that the upregulation of cell surface receptors or their ligands such as Fas/Fas ligand, DR4 or DR5/TRAIL (Apo-2 ligand) would potentiate the apoptotic inducing abilities of the present invention by establishment of an autocrine or paracrine effect on hyperproliferative cells. Increases intercellular signaling by elevating the number of GAP junctions would increase the anti-hyperproliferative effects on the neighboring hyperproliferative cell population. In other embodiments, cytostatic or differentiation agents can be used in combination with the present invention to improve the anti-hyperproliferative efficacy of the treatments. Inhibitors of cell adhesion are contemplated to improve the efficacy of the present invention. Examples of cell adhesion inhibitors are focal adhesion kinase (FAKs) inhibitors and Lovastatin. It is further contemplated that other agents that increase the sensitivity of a hyperproliferative cell to apoptosis, such as the antibody c225, could be used in combination with the present invention to improve the treatment efficacy.

Apo2 ligand (Apo2L, also called TRAIL) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family. TRAIL activates rapid apoptosis in many types of cancer cells, yet is not toxic to normal cells. TRAIL mRNA occurs in a wide variety of tissues. Most normal cells appear to be resistant to TRAIL's cytotoxic action, suggesting the existence of mechanisms that can protect against apoptosis induction by TRAIL. The first receptor described for TRAIL, called death receptor 4 (DR4), contains a cytoplasmic “death domain”; DR4 transmits the apoptosis signal carried by TRAIL. Additional receptors have been identified that bind to TRAIL. One receptor, called DR5, contains a cytoplasmic death domain and signals apoptosis much like DR4. The DR4 and DR5 mRNAs are expressed in many normal tissues and tumor cell lines. Recently, decoy receptors such as DcR1 and DcR2 have been identified that prevent TRAIL from inducing apoptosis through DR4 and DR5. These decoy receptors thus represent a novel mechanism for regulating sensitivity to a pro-apoptotic cytokine directly at the cell's surface. The preferential expression of these inhibitory receptors in normal tissues suggests that TRAIL may be useful as an anticancer agent that induces apoptosis in cancer cells while sparing normal cells. (Marsters et al, 1999).

There have been many advances in the therapy of cancer following the introduction of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs. However, one of the consequences of chemotherapy is the development/acquisition of drug-resistant phenotypes and the development of multiple drug resistance. The development of drug resistance remains a major obstacle in the treatment of such tumors and therefore, there is an obvious need for alternative approaches such as gene therapy.

Another form of therapy for use in conjunction with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or biological therapy includes hyperthermia, which is a procedure in which a patient's tissue is exposed to high temperatures (up to 106° F.). External or internal heating devices may be involved in the application of local, regional, or whole-body hyperthermia. Local hyperthermia involves the application of heat to a small area, such as a tumor. Heat may be generated externally with high-frequency waves targeting a tumor from a device outside the body. Internal heat may involve a sterile probe, including thin, heated wires or hollow tubes filled with warm water, implanted microwave antennae, or radiofrequency electrodes.

A patient's organ or a limb is heated for regional therapy, which is accomplished using devices that produce high energy, such as magnets. Alternatively, some of the patient's blood may be removed and heated before being perfused into an area that will be internally heated. Whole-body heating may also be implemented in cases where cancer has spread throughout the body. Warm-water blankets, hot wax, inductive coils, and thermal chambers may be used for this purpose.

Hormonal therapy may also be used in conjunction with the present invention or in combination with any other cancer therapy previously described. The use of hormones may be employed in the treatment of certain cancers such as breast, prostate, ovarian, or cervical cancer to lower the level or block the effects of certain hormones such as testosterone or estrogen. This treatment is often used in combination with at least one other cancer therapy as a treatment option or to reduce the risk of metastases.

This application incorporates U.S. application Ser. No. 11/349,727 filed on Feb. 8, 2006 claiming priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/650,807 filed Feb. 8, 2005 herein by references in its entirety.

IV. miRNA MOLECULES

MicroRNA molecules (“miRNAs”) are generally 21 to 22 nucleotides in length, though lengths of 19 and up to 23 nucleotides have been reported. The miRNAs are each processed from a longer precursor RNA molecule (“precursor miRNA”). Precursor miRNAs are transcribed from non-protein-encoding genes. The precursor miRNAs have two regions of complementarity that enables them to form a stem-loop- or fold-back-like structure, which is cleaved in animals by a ribonuclease III-like nuclease enzyme called Dicer. The processed miRNA is typically a portion of the stem.

The processed miRNA (also referred to as “mature miRNA”) becomes part of a large complex to down-regulate a particular target gene or its gene product. Examples of animal miRNAs include those that imperfectly basepair with the target, which halts translation (Olsen et al., 1999; Seggerson et al., 2002). siRNA molecules also are processed by Dicer, but from a long, double-stranded RNA molecule. siRNAs are not naturally found in animal cells, but they can direct the sequence-specific cleavage of an mRNA target through a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) (Denli et al, 2003).

B. Array Preparation

Certain embodiments of the present invention concerns the preparation and use of mRNA or nucleic acid arrays, miRNA or nucleic acid arrays, and/or miRNA or nucleic acid probe arrays, which are macroarrays or microarrays of nucleic acid molecules (probes) that are fully or nearly complementary (over the length of the prove) or identical (over the length of the prove) to a plurality of nucleic acid, mRNA or miRNA molecules, precursor miRNA molecules, or nucleic acids derived from the various genes and gene pathways modulated by miR-143 miRNAs and that are positioned on a support or support material in a spatially separated organization. Macroarrays are typically sheets of nitrocellulose or nylon upon which probes have been spotted. Microarrays position the nucleic acid probes more densely such that up to 10,000 nucleic acid molecules can be fit into a region typically 1 to 4 square centimeters. Microarrays can be fabricated by spotting nucleic acid molecules, e.g., genes, oligonucleotides, etc., onto substrates or fabricating oligonucleotide sequences in situ on a substrate. Spotted or fabricated nucleic acid molecules can be applied in a high density matrix pattern of up to about 30 non-identical nucleic acid molecules per square centimeter or higher, e.g. up to about 100 or even 1000 per square centimeter. Microarrays typically use coated glass as the solid support, in contrast to the nitrocellulose-based material of filter arrays. By having an ordered array of marker RNA and/or miRNA-complementing nucleic acid samples, the position of each sample can be tracked and linked to the original sample.

A variety of different array devices in which a plurality of distinct nucleic acid probes are stably associated with the surface of a solid support are known to those of skill in the art. Useful substrates for arrays include nylon, glass, metal, plastic, latex, and silicon. Such arrays may vary in a number of different ways, including average probe length, sequence or types of probes, nature of bond between the probe and the array surface, e.g. covalent or non-covalent, and the like. The labeling and screening methods of the present invention and the arrays are not limited in its utility with respect to any parameter except that the probes detect miRNA, or genes or nucleic acid representative of genes; consequently, methods and compositions may be used with a variety of different types of nucleic acid arrays.

Representative methods and apparatus for preparing a microarray have been described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,143,854; 5,202,231; 5,242,974; 5,288,644; 5,324,633; 5,384,261; 5,405,783; 5,412,087; 5,424,186; 5,429,807; 5,432,049; 5,436,327; 5,445,934; 5,468,613; 5,470,710; 5,472,672; 5,492,806; 5,525,464; 5,503,980; 5,510,270; 5,525,464; 5,527,681; 5,529,756; 5,532,128; 5,545,531; 5,547,839; 5,554,501; 5,556,752; 5,561,071; 5,571,639; 5,580,726; 5,580,732; 5,593,839; 5,599,695; 5,599,672; 5,610,287; 5,624,711; 5,631,134; 5,639,603; 5,654,413; 5,658,734; 5,661,028; 5,665,547; 5,667,972; 5,695,940; 5,700,637; 5,744,305; 5,800,992; 5,807,522; 5,830,645; 5,837,196; 5,871,928; 5,847,219; 5,876,932; 5,919,626; 6,004,755; 6,087,102; 6,368,799; 6,383,749; 6,617,112; 6,638,717; 6,720,138, as well as WO 93/17126; WO 95/11995; WO 95/21265; WO 95/21944; WO 95/35505; WO 96/31622; WO 97/10365; WO 97/27317; WO 99/35505; WO 09923256; WO 09936760; WO0138580; WO 0168255; WO 03020898; WO 03040410; WO 03053586; WO 03087297; WO 03091426; WO03100012; WO 04020085; WO 04027093; EP 373 203; EP 785 280; EP 799 897 and UK 8 803 000; the disclosures of which are all herein incorporated by reference.

It is contemplated that the arrays can be high density arrays, such that they contain 2, 20, 25, 50, 80, 100 or more different probes. It is contemplated that they may contain 1000, 16,000, 65,000, 250,000 or 1,000,000 or more different probes. The probes can be directed to mRNA and/or miRNA targets in one or more different organisms or cell types. The oligonucleotide probes range from 5 to 50, 5 to 45, 10 to 40, 9 to 34, or 15 to 40 nucleotides in length in some embodiments. In certain embodiments, the oligonucleotide probes are 5, 10, 15, 20 to 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 nucleotides in length including all integers and ranges there between.

The location and sequence of each different probe sequence in the array are generally known. Moreover, the large number of different probes can occupy a relatively small area providing a high density array having a probe density of generally greater than about 60, 100, 600, 1000, 5,000, 10,000, 40,000, 100,000, or 400,000 different oligonucleotide probes per cm². The surface area of the array can be about or less than about 1, 1.6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 cm².

Moreover, a person of ordinary skill in the art could readily analyze data generated using an array. Such protocols are disclosed above, and include information found in WO 9743450; WO 03023058; WO 03022421; WO 03029485; WO 03067217; WO 03066906; WO 03076928; WO 03093810; WO 03100448A1, all of which are specifically incorporated by reference.

C. Sample Preparation

It is contemplated that the RNA and/or miRNA of a wide variety of samples can be analyzed using the arrays, index of probes, or array technology of the invention. While endogenous miRNA is contemplated for use with compositions and methods of the invention, recombinant miRNA—including nucleic acids that are complementary or identical to endogenous miRNA or precursor miRNA—can also be handled and analyzed as described herein. Samples may be biological samples, in which case, they can be from biopsy, fine needle aspirates, exfoliates, blood, tissue, organs, semen, saliva, tears, other bodily fluid, hair follicles, skin, or any sample containing or constituting biological cells, particularly cancer or hyperproliferative cells. In certain embodiments, samples may be, but are not limited to, biopsy, or cells purified or enriched to some extent from a biopsy or other bodily fluids or tissues. Alternatively, the sample may not be a biological sample, but be a chemical mixture, such as a cell-free reaction mixture (which may contain one or more biological enzymes).

D. Hybridization

After an array or a set of probes is prepared and/or the nucleic acid in the sample or probe is labeled, the population of target nucleic acids is contacted with the array or probes under hybridization conditions, where such conditions can be adjusted, as desired, to provide for an optimum level of specificity in view of the particular assay being performed. Suitable hybridization conditions are well known to those of skill in the art and reviewed in Sambrook et al. (2001) and WO 95/21944. Of particular interest in many embodiments is the use of stringent conditions during hybridization. Stringent conditions are known to those of skill in the art.

It is specifically contemplated that a single array or set of probes may be contacted with multiple samples. The samples may be labeled with different labels to distinguish the samples. For example, a single array can be contacted with a tumor tissue sample labeled with Cy3, and normal tissue sample labeled with Cy5. Differences between the samples for particular miRNAs corresponding to probes on the array can be readily ascertained and quantified.

The small surface area of the array permits uniform hybridization conditions, such as temperature regulation and salt content. Moreover, because of the small area occupied by the high density arrays, hybridization may be carried out in extremely small fluid volumes (e.g., about 250 μl or less, including volumes of about or less than about 5, 10, 25, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 μl, or any range derivable therein). In small volumes, hybridization may proceed very rapidly.

E. Differential Expression Analyses

Arrays of the invention can be used to detect differences between two samples. Specifically contemplated applications include identifying and/or quantifying differences between miRNA or gene expression from a sample that is normal and from a sample that is not normal, between a disease or condition and a cell not exhibiting such a disease or condition, or between two differently treated samples. Also, miRNA or gene expression may be compared between a sample believed to be susceptible to a particular disease or condition and one believed to be not susceptible or resistant to that disease or condition. A sample that is not normal is one exhibiting phenotypic or genotypic trait(s) of a disease or condition, or one believed to be not normal with respect to that disease or condition. It may be compared to a cell that is normal with respect to that disease or condition. Phenotypic traits include symptoms of, or susceptibility to, a disease or condition of which a component is or may or may not be genetic, or caused by a hyperproliferative or neoplastic cell or cells.

An array comprises a solid support with nucleic acid probes attached to the support. Arrays typically comprise a plurality of different nucleic acid probes that are coupled to a surface of a substrate in different, known locations. These arrays, also described as “microarrays” or colloquially “chips” have been generally described in the art, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,143,854, 5,445,934, 5,744,305, 5,677,195, 6,040,193, 5,424,186 and Fodor et al., (1991), each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. Techniques for the synthesis of these arrays using mechanical synthesis methods are described in, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,261, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. Although a planar array surface is used in certain aspects, the array may be fabricated on a surface of virtually any shape or even a multiplicity of surfaces. Arrays may be nucleic acids on beads, gels, polymeric surfaces, fibers such as fiber optics, glass or any other appropriate substrate, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,770,358, 5,789,162, 5,708,153, 6,040,193 and 5,800,992, which are hereby incorporated in their entirety for all purposes. Arrays may be packaged in such a manner as to allow for diagnostics or other manipulation of an all inclusive device, see for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,856,174 and 5,922,591 incorporated in their entirety by reference for all purposes. See also U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/545,207, filed Apr. 7, 2000 for additional information concerning arrays, their manufacture, and their characteristics, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.

Particularly, arrays can be used to evaluate samples with respect to pathological condition such as cancer and related conditions. It is specifically contemplated that the invention can be used to evaluate differences between stages or sub-classifications of disease, such as between benign, cancerous, and metastatic tissues or tumors.

Phenotypic traits to be assessed include characteristics such as longevity, morbidity, expected survival, susceptibility or receptivity to particular drugs or therapeutic treatments (drug efficacy), and risk of drug toxicity. Samples that differ in these phenotypic traits may also be evaluated using the compositions and methods described.

In certain embodiments, miRNA and/or expression profiles may be generated to evaluate and correlate those profiles with pharmacokinetics or therapies. For example, these profiles may be created and evaluated for patient tumor and blood samples prior to the patient's being treated or during treatment to determine if there are miRNA or genes whose expression correlates with the outcome of the patient's treatment. Identification of differential miRNAs or genes can lead to a diagnostic assay for evaluation of tumor and/or blood samples to determine what drug regimen the patient should be provided. In addition, it can be used to identify or select patients suitable for a particular clinical trial. If an expression profile is determined to be correlated with drug efficacy or drug toxicity that profile is relevant to whether that patient is an appropriate patient for receiving a drug, for receiving a combination of drugs, or for a particular dosage of the drug.

In addition to the above prognostic assay, samples from patients with a variety of diseases can be evaluated to determine if different diseases can be identified based on miRNA and/or related gene expression levels. A diagnostic assay can be created based on the profiles that doctors can use to identify individuals with a disease or who are at risk to develop a disease. Alternatively, treatments can be designed based on miRNA profiling. Examples of such methods and compositions are described in the U.S. Provisional Patent Application entitled “Methods and Compositions Involving miRNA and miRNA Inhibitor Molecules” filed on May 23, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

F. Other Assays

In addition to the use of arrays and microarrays, it is contemplated that a number of different assays could be employed to analyze miRNAs or related genes, their activities, and their effects. Such assays include, but are not limited to, nucleic acid amplification, polymerase chain reaction, quantitative PCR, RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, Northern hybridization, hybridization protection assay (HPA)(GenProbe), branched DNA (bDNA) assay (Chiron), rolling circle amplification (RCA), single molecule hybridization detection (US Genomics), Invader assay (ThirdWave Technologies), and/or Bridge Litigation Assay (Genaco).

V. NUCLEIC ACIDS

The present invention concerns nucleic acids, modified or mimetic nucleic acids, miRNAs, mRNAs, genes, and representative fragments thereof that can be labeled, used in array analysis, or employed in diagnostic, therapeutic, or prognostic applications, particularly those related to pathological conditions such as cancer. The molecules may have been endogenously produced by a cell, or been synthesized or produced chemically or recombinantly. They may be isolated and/or purified. Each of the miRNAs described herein and include the corresponding SEQ ID NO and accession numbers for these miRNA sequences. The name of a miRNA is often abbreviated and referred to without a “hsa-” prefix and will be understood as such, depending on the context. Unless otherwise indicated, miRNAs referred to in the application are human sequences identified as miR-X or let-X, where X is a number and/or letter.

In certain aspects, a miRNA probe designated by a suffix “5P” or “3P” can be used. “5P” indicates that the mature miRNA derives from the 5′ end of the precursor and a corresponding “3P” indicates that it derives from the 3′ end of the precursor, as described on the world wide web at sanger.ac.uk. Moreover, in some embodiments, a miRNA probe is used that does not correspond to a known human miRNA. It is contemplated that these non-human miRNA probes may be used in embodiments of the invention or that there may exist a human miRNA that is homologous to the non-human miRNA. In other embodiments, any mammalian cell, biological sample, or preparation thereof may be employed.

In some embodiments of the invention, methods and compositions involving miRNA may concern miRNA, markers (mRNAs), and/or other nucleic acids. Nucleic acids may be, be at least, or be at most 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470, 480, 490, 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660, 670, 680, 690, 700, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820, 830, 840, 850, 860, 870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990, or 1000 nucleotides, or any range derivable therein, in length. Such lengths cover the lengths of processed miRNA, miRNA probes, precursor miRNA, miRNA containing vectors, mRNA, mRNA probes, control nucleic acids, and other probes and primers.

In many embodiments, miRNA are 19-24 nucleotides in length, while miRNA probes are 19-35 nucleotides in length, depending on the length of the processed miRNA and any flanking regions added. miRNA precursors are generally between 62 and 110 nucleotides in humans.

Nucleic acids of the invention may have regions of identity or complementarity to another nucleic acid. It is contemplated that the region of complementarity or identity can be at least 5 contiguous residues, though it is specifically contemplated that the region is, is at least, or is at most 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 441, 450, 460, 470, 480, 490, 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660, 670, 680, 690, 700, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820, 830, 840, 850, 860, 870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990, or 1000 contiguous nucleotides. It is further understood that the length of complementarity within a precursor miRNA or other nucleic acid or between a miRNA probe and a miRNA or a miRNA gene are such lengths. Moreover, the complementarity may be expressed as a percentage, meaning that the complementarity between a probe and its target is 90% or greater over the length of the probe. In some embodiments, complementarity is or is at least 90%, 95% or 100%. In particular, such lengths may be applied to any nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence identified in any of SEQ ID NO:1-13, accession number, or any other sequence disclosed herein. Typically, the commonly used name of the miRNA is given (with its identifying source in the prefix, for example, “hsa” for human sequences) and the processed miRNA sequence. Unless otherwise indicated, a miRNA without a prefix will be understood to refer to a human miRNA. Moreover, a lowercase letter in a miRNA name may or may not be lowercase; for example, hsa-mir-130b can also be referred to as miR-130B. The term “miRNA probe” refers to a nucleic acid probe that can identify a particular miRNA or structurally related miRNAs.

It is understood that some nucleic acids are derived from genomic sequences or a gene. In this respect, the term “gene” is used for simplicity to refer to the genomic sequence encoding the precursor nucleic acid or miRNA for a given miRNA or gene. However, embodiments of the invention may involve genomic sequences of a miRNA that are involved in its expression, such as a promoter or other regulatory sequences.

The term “recombinant” may be used and this generally refers to a molecule that has been manipulated in vitro or that is a replicated or expressed product of such a molecule.

The term “nucleic acid” is well known in the art. A “nucleic acid” as used herein will generally refer to a molecule (one or more strands) of DNA, RNA or a derivative or analog thereof, comprising a nucleobase. A nucleobase includes, for example, a naturally occurring purine or pyrimidine base found in DNA (e.g., an adenine “A,” a guanine “G,” a thymine “T” or a cytosine “C”) or RNA (e.g., an A, a G, an uracil “U” or a C). The term “nucleic acid” encompasses the terms “oligonucleotide” and “polynucleotide,” each as a subgenus of the term “nucleic acid.”

The term “miRNA” generally refers to a single-stranded molecule, but in specific embodiments, molecules implemented in the invention will also encompass a region or an additional strand that is partially (between 10 and 50% complementary across length of strand), substantially (greater than 50% but less than 100% complementary across length of strand) or fully complementary to another region of the same single-stranded molecule or to another nucleic acid. Thus, miRNA may encompass a molecule that comprises one or more complementary or self-complementary strand(s) or “complement(s)” of a particular sequence. For example, precursor miRNA may have a self-complementary region, which is up to 100% complementary. miRNA probes or nucleic acids of the invention can include, can be or can be at least 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% complementary to their target.

It is understood that a “synthetic nucleic acid” of the invention means that the nucleic acid does not have all or part of a chemical structure or sequence of a naturally occurring nucleic acid. Consequently, it will be understood that the term “synthetic miRNA” refers to a “synthetic nucleic acid” that functions in a cell or under physiological conditions as a naturally occurring miRNA.

While embodiments of the invention may involve synthetic miRNAs or synthetic nucleic acids, in some embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule(s) need not be “synthetic.” In certain embodiments, a non-synthetic nucleic acid or miRNA employed in methods and compositions of the invention may have the entire sequence and structure of a naturally occurring mRNA or miRNA precursor or the mature mRNA or miRNA. For example, non-synthetic miRNAs used in methods and compositions of the invention may not have one or more modified nucleotides or nucleotide analogs. In these embodiments, the non-synthetic miRNA may or may not be recombinantly produced. In particular embodiments, the nucleic acid in methods and/or compositions of the invention is specifically a synthetic miRNA and not a non-synthetic miRNA (that is, not an miRNA that qualifies as “synthetic”); though in other embodiments, the invention specifically involves a non-synthetic miRNA and not a synthetic miRNA. Any embodiments discussed with respect to the use of synthetic miRNAs can be applied with respect to non-synthetic miRNAs, and vice versa.

It will be understood that the term “naturally occurring” refers to something found in an organism without any intervention by a person; it could refer to a naturally-occurring wildtype or mutant molecule. In some embodiments a synthetic miRNA molecule does not have the sequence of a naturally occurring miRNA molecule. In other embodiments, a synthetic miRNA molecule may have the sequence of a naturally occurring miRNA molecule, but the chemical structure of the molecule, particularly in the part unrelated specifically to the precise sequence (non-sequence chemical structure) differs from chemical structure of the naturally occurring miRNA molecule with that sequence. In some cases, the synthetic miRNA has both a sequence and non-sequence chemical structure that are not found in a naturally-occurring miRNA. Moreover, the sequence of the synthetic molecules will identify which miRNA is effectively being provided or inhibited; the endogenous miRNA will be referred to as the “corresponding miRNA.” Corresponding miRNA sequences that can be used in the context of the invention include, but are not limited to, all or a portion of those sequences in the SEQ IDs provided herein, as well as any other miRNA sequence, miRNA precursor sequence, or any sequence complementary thereof. In some embodiments, the sequence is or is derived from or contains all or part of a sequence identified herein to target a particular miRNA (or set of miRNAs) that can be used with that sequence.

As used herein, “hybridization”, “hybridizes” or “capable of hybridizing” is understood to mean the forming of a double or triple stranded molecule or a molecule with partial double or triple stranded nature. The term “anneal” as used herein is synonymous with “hybridize.” The term “hybridization”, “hybridize(s)” or “capable of hybridizing” encompasses the terms “stringent condition(s)” or “high stringency” and the terms “low stringency” or “low stringency condition(s).”

As used herein “stringent condition(s)” or “high stringency” are those conditions that allow hybridization between or within one or more nucleic acid strand(s) containing complementary sequence(s), but preclude hybridization of random sequences. Stringent conditions tolerate little, if any, mismatch between a nucleic acid and a target strand. Such conditions are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, and are preferred for applications requiring high selectivity. Non-limiting applications include isolating a nucleic acid, such as a gene or a nucleic acid segment thereof, or detecting at least one specific mRNA transcript or a nucleic acid segment thereof, and the like.

Stringent conditions may comprise low salt and/or high temperature conditions, such as provided by about 0.02 M to about 0.5 M NaCl at temperatures of about 42° C. to about 70° C. It is understood that the temperature and ionic strength of a desired stringency are determined in part by the length of the particular nucleic acid(s), the length and nucleobase content of the target sequence(s), the charge composition of the nucleic acid(s), and to the presence or concentration of formamide, tetramethylammonium chloride or other solvent(s) in a hybridization mixture.

It is also understood that these ranges, compositions and conditions for hybridization are mentioned by way of non-limiting examples only, and that the desired stringency for a particular hybridization reaction is often determined empirically by comparison to one or more positive or negative controls. Depending on the application envisioned it is preferred to employ varying conditions of hybridization to achieve varying degrees of selectivity of a nucleic acid towards a target sequence. In a non-limiting example, identification of a related target nucleic acid that does not hybridize to a nucleic acid under stringent conditions may be achieved by hybridization at low temperature and/or high ionic strength. Such conditions are termed “low stringency” or “low stringency conditions,” and non-limiting examples of low stringency include hybridization performed at about 0.15 M to about 0.9 M NaCl at a temperature range of about 20° C. to about 50° C. Of course, it is within the skill of one in the art to further modify the low or high stringency conditions to suite a particular application.

B. Nucleobase, Nucleoside, Nucleotide, and Modified Nucleotides

As used herein a “nucleobase” refers to a heterocyclic base, such as for example a naturally occurring nucleobase (i.e., an A, T, G, C or U) found in at least one naturally occurring nucleic acid (i.e., DNA and RNA), and naturally or non-naturally occurring derivative(s) and analogs of such a nucleobase. A nucleobase generally can form one or more hydrogen bonds (“anneal” or “hybridize”) with at least one naturally occurring nucleobase in a manner that may substitute for naturally occurring nucleobase pairing (e.g., the hydrogen bonding between A and T, G and C, and A and U).

“Purine” and/or “pyrimidine” nucleobase(s) encompass naturally occurring purine and/or pyrimidine nucleobases and also derivative(s) and analog(s) thereof, including but not limited to, those a purine or pyrimidine substituted by one or more of an alkyl, caboxyalkyl, amino, hydroxyl, halogen (i.e., fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo), thiol or alkylthiol moiety. Preferred alkyl (e.g., alkyl, caboxyalkyl, etc.) moieties comprise of from about 1, about 2, about 3, about 4, about 5, to about 6 carbon atoms. Other non-limiting examples of a purine or pyrimidine include a deazapurine, a 2,6-diaminopurine, a 5-fluorouracil, a xanthine, a hypoxanthine, a 8-bromoguanine, a 8-chloroguanine, a bromothymine, a 8-aminoguanine, a 8-hydroxyguanine, a 8-methylguanine, a 8-thioguanine, an azaguanine, a 2-aminopurine, a 5-ethylcytosine, a 5-methylcyosine, a 5-bromouracil, a 5-ethyluracil, a 5-iodouracil, a 5-chlorouracil, a 5-propyluracil, a thiouracil, a 2-methyladenine, a methylthioadenine, a N,N-diemethyladenine, an azaadenines, a 8-bromoadenine, a 8-hydroxyadenine, a 6-hydroxyaminopurine, a 6-thiopurine, a 4-(6-aminohexyl/cytosine), and the like. Other examples are well known to those of skill in the art.

As used herein, a “nucleoside” refers to an individual chemical unit comprising a nucleobase covalently attached to a nucleobase linker moiety. A non-limiting example of a “nucleobase linker moiety” is a sugar comprising 5-carbon atoms (i.e., a “5-carbon sugar”), including but not limited to a deoxyribose, a ribose, an arabinose, or a derivative or an analog of a 5-carbon sugar. Non-limiting examples of a derivative or an analog of a 5-carbon sugar include a 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxyribose or a carbocyclic sugar where a carbon is substituted for an oxygen atom in the sugar ring. Different types of covalent attachment(s) of a nucleobase to a nucleobase linker moiety are known in the art (Kornberg and Baker, 1992).

As used herein, a “nucleotide” refers to a nucleoside further comprising a “backbone moiety”. A backbone moiety generally covalently attaches a nucleotide to another molecule comprising a nucleotide, or to another nucleotide to form a nucleic acid. The “backbone moiety” in naturally occurring nucleotides typically comprises a phosphorus moiety, which is covalently attached to a 5-carbon sugar. The attachment of the backbone moiety typically occurs at either the 3′- or 5′-position of the 5-carbon sugar. However, other types of attachments are known in the art, particularly when a nucleotide comprises derivatives or analogs of a naturally occurring 5-carbon sugar or phosphorus moiety.

A nucleic acid may comprise, or be composed entirely of, a derivative or analog of a nucleobase, a nucleobase linker moiety and/or backbone moiety that may be present in a naturally occurring nucleic acid. RNA with nucleic acid analogs may also be labeled according to methods of the invention. As used herein a “derivative” refers to a chemically modified or altered form of a naturally occurring molecule, while the terms “mimic” or “analog” refer to a molecule that may or may not structurally resemble a naturally occurring molecule or moiety, but possesses similar functions. As used herein, a “moiety” generally refers to a smaller chemical or molecular component of a larger chemical or molecular structure. Nucleobase, nucleoside and nucleotide analogs or derivatives are well known in the art, and have been described (see for example, Scheit, 1980, incorporated herein by reference).

Additional non-limiting examples of nucleosides, nucleotides or nucleic acids include those in: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,681,947, 5,652,099 and 5,763,167, 5,614,617, 5,670,663, 5,872,232, 5,859,221, 5,446,137, 5,886,165, 5,714,606, 5,672,697, 5,466,786, 5,792,847, 5,223,618, 5,470,967, 5,378,825, 5,777,092, 5,623,070, 5,610,289, 5,602,240, 5,858,988, 5,214,136, 5,700,922, 5,708,154, 5,728,525, 5,637,683, 6,251,666, 5,480,980, and 5,728,525, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Labeling methods and kits of the invention specifically contemplate the use of nucleotides that are both modified for attachment of a label and can be incorporated into a miRNA molecule. Such nucleotides include those that can be labeled with a dye, including a fluorescent dye, or with a molecule such as biotin. Labeled nucleotides are readily available; they can be acquired commercially or they can be synthesized by reactions known to those of skill in the art.

Modified nucleotides for use in the invention are not naturally occurring nucleotides, but instead, refer to prepared nucleotides that have a reactive moiety on them. Specific reactive functionalities of interest include: amino, sulfhydryl, sulfoxyl, aminosulfhydryl, azido, epoxide, isothiocyanate, isocyanate, anhydride, monochlorotriazine, dichlorotriazine, mono- or dihalogen substituted pyridine, mono- or disubstituted diazine, maleimide, epoxide, aziridine, sulfonyl halide, acid halide, alkyl halide, aryl halide, alkylsulfonate, N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, imido ester, hydrazine, azidonitrophenyl, azide, 3-(2-pyridyl dithio)-propionamide, glyoxal, aldehyde, iodoacetyl, cyanomethyl ester, p-nitrophenyl ester, o-nitrophenyl ester, hydroxypyridine ester, carbonyl imidazole, and the other such chemical groups. In some embodiments, the reactive functionality may be bonded directly to a nucleotide, or it may be bonded to the nucleotide through a linking group. The functional moiety and any linker cannot substantially impair the ability of the nucleotide to be added to the miRNA or to be labeled. Representative linking groups include carbon containing linking groups, typically ranging from about 2 to 18, usually from about 2 to 8 carbon atoms, where the carbon containing linking groups may or may not include one or more heteroatoms, e.g. S, O, N etc., and may or may not include one or more sites of unsaturation. Of particular interest in many embodiments are alkyl linking groups, typically lower alkyl linking groups of 1 to 16, usually 1 to 4 carbon atoms, where the linking groups may include one or more sites of unsaturation. The functionalized nucleotides (or primers) used in the above methods of functionalized target generation may be fabricated using known protocols or purchased from commercial vendors, e.g., Sigma, Roche, Ambion, Biosearch Technologies and NEN. Functional groups may be prepared according to ways known to those of skill in the art, including the representative information found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,404,289; 4,405,711; 4,337,063 and 5,268,486, and U.K. Patent 1,529,202, which are all incorporated by reference.

Amine-modified nucleotides are used in several embodiments of the invention. The amine-modified nucleotide is a nucleotide that has a reactive amine group for attachment of the label. It is contemplated that any ribonucleotide (G, A, U, or C) or deoxyribonucleotide (G, A, T, or C) can be modified for labeling. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following modified ribo- and deoxyribo-nucleotides: 5-(3-aminoallyl)-UTP; 8-[(4-amino)butyl]-amino-ATP and 8-[(6-amino)butyl]-amino-ATP; N6-(4-amino)butyl-ATP, N6-(6-amino)butyl-ATP, N4-[2,2-oxy-bis-(ethylamine)]-CTP; N6-(6-Amino)hexyl-ATP; 8-[(6-Amino)hexyl]-amino-ATP; 5-propargylamino-CTP, 5-propargylamino-UTP; 5-(3-aminoallyl)-dUTP; 8-[(4-amino)butyl]-amino-dATP and 8-[(6-amino)butyl]-amino-dATP; N6-(4-amino)butyl-dATP, N6-(6-amino)butyl-dATP, N4-[2,2-oxy-bis-(ethylamine)]-dCTP; N6-(6-Amino)hexyl-dATP; 8-[(6-Amino)hexyl]-amino-dATP; 5-propargylamino-dCTP, and 5-propargylamino-dUTP. Such nucleotides can be prepared according to methods known to those of skill in the art. Moreover, a person of ordinary skill in the art could prepare other nucleotide entities with the same amine-modification, such as a 5-(3-aminoallyl)-CTP, GTP, ATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP, or dUTP in place of a 5-(3-aminoallyl)-UTP.

C. Preparation of Nucleic Acids

A nucleic acid may be made by any technique known to one of ordinary skill in the art, such as for example, chemical synthesis, enzymatic production, or biological production. It is specifically contemplated that miRNA probes of the invention are chemically synthesized.

In some embodiments of the invention, miRNAs are recovered or isolated from a biological sample. The miRNA may be recombinant or it may be natural or endogenous to the cell (produced from the cell's genome). It is contemplated that a biological sample may be treated in a way so as to enhance the recovery of small RNA molecules such as miRNA. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/667,126 describes such methods and it is specifically incorporated by reference herein. Generally, methods involve lysing cells with a solution having guanidinium and a detergent.

Alternatively, nucleic acid synthesis is performed according to standard methods. See, for example, Itakura and Riggs (1980) and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,704,362, 5,221,619, and 5,583,013, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Non-limiting examples of a synthetic nucleic acid (e.g., a synthetic oligonucleotide), include a nucleic acid made by in vitro chemically synthesis using phosphotriester, phosphite, or phosphoramidite chemistry and solid phase techniques such as described in EP 266,032, incorporated herein by reference, or via deoxynucleoside H-phosphonate intermediates as described by Froehler et al., 1986 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,705,629, each incorporated herein by reference. Various different mechanisms of oligonucleotide synthesis have been disclosed in for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,659,774, 4,816,571, 5,141,813, 5,264,566, 4,959,463, 5,428,148, 5,554,744, 5,574,146, 5,602,244, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

A non-limiting example of an enzymatically produced nucleic acid include one produced by enzymes in amplification reactions such as PCR™ (see for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,202 and 4,682,195, each incorporated herein by reference), or the synthesis of an oligonucleotide described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,897, incorporated herein by reference. See also Sambrook et al., 2001, incorporated herein by reference).

Oligonucleotide synthesis is well known to those of skill in the art. Various different mechanisms of oligonucleotide synthesis have been disclosed in for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,659,774, 4,816,571, 5,141,813, 5,264,566, 4,959,463, 5,428,148, 5,554,744, 5,574,146, 5,602,244, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Recombinant methods for producing nucleic acids in a cell are well known to those of skill in the art. These include the use of vectors (viral and non-viral), plasmids, cosmids, and other vehicles for delivering a nucleic acid to a cell, which may be the target cell (e.g., a cancer cell) or simply a host cell (to produce large quantities of the desired RNA molecule). Alternatively, such vehicles can be used in the context of a cell free system so long as the reagents for generating the RNA molecule are present. Such methods include those described in Sambrook, 2003, Sambrook, 2001 and Sambrook, 1989, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

D. Isolation of Nucleic Acids

Nucleic acids may be isolated using techniques well known to those of skill in the art, though in particular embodiments, methods for isolating small nucleic acid molecules, and/or isolating RNA molecules can be employed. Chromatography is a process often used to separate or isolate nucleic acids from protein or from other nucleic acids. Such methods can involve electrophoresis with a gel matrix, filter columns, alcohol precipitation, and/or other chromatography. If miRNA from cells is to be used or evaluated, methods generally involve lysing the cells with a chaotropic (e.g., guanidinium isothiocyanate) and/or detergent (e.g., N-lauroyl sarcosine) prior to implementing processes for isolating particular populations of RNA.

In particular methods for separating miRNA from other nucleic acids, a gel matrix is prepared using polyacrylamide, though agarose can also be used. The gels may be graded by concentration or they may be uniform. Plates or tubing can be used to hold the gel matrix for electrophoresis. Usually one-dimensional electrophoresis is employed for the separation of nucleic acids. Plates are used to prepare a slab gel, while the tubing (glass or rubber, typically) can be used to prepare a tube gel. The phrase “tube electrophoresis” refers to the use of a tube or tubing, instead of plates, to form the gel. Materials for implementing tube electrophoresis can be readily prepared by a person of skill in the art or purchased, such as from C.B.S. Scientific Co., Inc. or Scie-Plas.

Methods may involve the use of organic solvents and/or alcohol to isolate nucleic acids, particularly miRNA used in methods and compositions of the invention. Some embodiments are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/667,126, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Generally, this disclosure provides methods for efficiently isolating small RNA molecules from cells comprising: adding an alcohol solution to a cell lysate and applying the alcohol/lysate mixture to a solid support before eluting the RNA molecules from the solid support. In some embodiments, the amount of alcohol added to a cell lysate achieves an alcohol concentration of about 55% to 60%. While different alcohols can be employed, ethanol works well. A solid support may be any structure, and it includes beads, filters, and columns, which may include a mineral or polymer support with electronegative groups. A glass fiber filter or column has worked particularly well for such isolation procedures.

In specific embodiments, miRNA isolation processes include: a) lysing cells in the sample with a lysing solution comprising guanidinium, wherein a lysate with a concentration of at least about 1 M guanidinium is produced; b) extracting miRNA molecules from the lysate with an extraction solution comprising phenol; c) adding to the lysate an alcohol solution for forming a lysate/alcohol mixture, wherein the concentration of alcohol in the mixture is between about 35% to about 70%; d) applying the lysate/alcohol mixture to a solid support; e) eluting the miRNA molecules from the solid support with an ionic solution; and, f) capturing the miRNA molecules. Typically the sample is dried and resuspended in a liquid and volume appropriate for subsequent manipulation.

VI. LABELS AND LABELING TECHNIQUES

In some embodiments, the present invention concerns miRNA that are labeled. It is contemplated that miRNA may first be isolated and/or purified prior to labeling. This may achieve a reaction that more efficiently labels the miRNA, as opposed to other RNA in a sample in which the miRNA is not isolated or purified prior to labeling. In many embodiments of the invention, the label is non-radioactive. Generally, nucleic acids may be labeled by adding labeled nucleotides (one-step process) or adding nucleotides and labeling the added nucleotides (two-step process).

B. Labeling Techniques

In some embodiments, nucleic acids are labeled by catalytically adding to the nucleic acid an already labeled nucleotide or nucleotides. One or more labeled nucleotides can be added to miRNA molecules. See U.S. Pat. No. 6,723,509, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

In other embodiments, an unlabeled nucleotide or nucleotides is catalytically added to a miRNA, and the unlabeled nucleotide is modified with a chemical moiety that enables it to be subsequently labeled. In embodiments of the invention, the chemical moiety is a reactive amine such that the nucleotide is an amine-modified nucleotide. Examples of amine-modified nucleotides are well known to those of skill in the art, many being commercially available such as from Ambion, Sigma, Jena Bioscience, and TriLink.

In contrast to labeling of cDNA during its synthesis, the issue for labeling miRNA is how to label the already existing molecule. The present invention concerns the use of an enzyme capable of using a di- or tri-phosphate ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide as a substrate for its addition to a miRNA. Moreover, in specific embodiments, it involves using a modified di- or tri-phosphate ribonucleotide, which is added to the 3′ end of a miRNA. Enzymes capable of adding such nucleotides include, but are not limited to, poly(A) polymerase, terminal transferase, and polynucleotide phosphorylase. In specific embodiments of the invention, a ligase is contemplated as not being the enzyme used to add the label, and instead, a non-ligase enzyme is employed. Terminal transferase catalyzes the addition of nucleotides to the 3′ terminus of a nucleic acid. Polynucleotide phosphorylase can polymerize nucleotide diphosphates without the need for a primer.

C. Labels

Labels on miRNA or miRNA probes may be colorimetric (includes visible and UV spectrum, including fluorescent), luminescent, enzymatic, or positron emitting (including radioactive). The label may be detected directly or indirectly. Radioactive labels include ¹²⁵I, ³²P, ³³P, and ³⁵S. Examples of enzymatic labels include alkaline phosphatase, luciferase, horseradish peroxidase, and β-galactosidase. Labels can also be proteins with luminescent properties, e.g., green fluorescent protein and phycoerythrin.

The colorimetric and fluorescent labels contemplated for use as conjugates include, but are not limited to, Alexa Fluor dyes, BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY FL; Cascade Blue; Cascade Yellow; coumarin and its derivatives, such as 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin, aminocoumarin and hydroxycoumarin; cyanine dyes, such as Cy3 and Cy5; eosins and erythrosins; fluorescein and its derivatives, such as fluorescein isothiocyanate; macrocyclic chelates of lanthanide ions, such as Quantum Dye™; Marina Blue; Oregon Green; rhodamine dyes, such as rhodamine red, tetramethylrhodamine and rhodamine 6G; Texas Red; fluorescent energy transfer dyes, such as thiazole orange-ethidium heterodimer; and, TOTAB.

Specific examples of dyes include, but are not limited to, those identified above and

the following: Alexa Fluor 350, Alexa Fluor 405, Alexa Fluor 430, Alexa Fluor 488, Alexa Fluor 500. Alexa Fluor 514, Alexa Fluor 532, Alexa Fluor 546, Alexa Fluor 555, Alexa Fluor 568, Alexa Fluor 594, Alexa Fluor 610, Alexa Fluor 633, Alexa Fluor 647, Alexa Fluor 660, Alexa Fluor 680, Alexa Fluor 700, and, Alexa Fluor 750; amine-reactive BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY 493/503, BODIPY 530/550, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 564/570, BODIPY 576/589, BODIPY 581/591, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/655, BODIPY FL, BODIPY R6G, BODIPY TMR, and, BODIPY-TR; Cy3, Cy5, 6-FAM, Fluorescein Isothiocyanate, HEX, 6-JOE, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 500, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, REG, Rhodamine Green, Rhodamine Red, Renographin, ROX, SYPRO, TAMRA, 2′,4′,5′,7′-Tetrabromosulfonefluorescein, and TET.

Specific examples of fluorescently labeled ribonucleotides are available from Molecular Probes, and these include, Alexa Fluor 488-5-UTP, Fluorescein-12-UTP, BODIPY FL-14-UTP, BODIPY TMR-14-UTP, Tetramethylrhodamine-6-UTP, Alexa Fluor 546-14-UTP, Texas Red-5-UTP, and BODIPY TR-14-UTP. Other fluorescent ribonucleotides are available from Amersham Biosciences, such as Cy3-UTP and Cy5-UTP.

Examples of fluorescently labeled deoxyribonucleotides include Dinitrophenyl (DNP)-1-dUTP, Cascade Blue-7-dUTP, Alexa Fluor 488-5-dUTP, Fluorescein-12-dUTP, Oregon Green 488-5-dUTP, BODIPY FL-14-dUTP, Rhodamine Green-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor 532-5-dUTP, BODIPY TMR-14-dUTP, Tetramethylrhodamine-6-dUTP, Alexa Fluor 546-14-dUTP, Alexa Fluor 568-5-dUTP, Texas Red-12-dUTP, Texas Red-5-dUTP, BODIPY TR-14-dUTP, Alexa Fluor 594-5-dUTP, BODIPY 630/650-14-dUTP, BODIPY 650/665-14-dUTP; Alexa Fluor 488-7-OBEA-dCTP, Alexa Fluor 546-16-OBEA-dCTP, Alexa Fluor 594-7-OBEA-dCTP, Alexa Fluor 647-12-OBEA-dCTP.

It is contemplated that nucleic acids may be labeled with two different labels. Furthermore, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) may be employed in methods of the invention (e.g., Klostermeier et al., 2002; Emptage, 2001; Didenko, 2001, each incorporated by reference).

Alternatively, the label may not be detectable per se, but indirectly detectable or allowing for the isolation or separation of the targeted nucleic acid. For example, the label could be biotin, digoxigenin, polyvalent cations, chelator groups and the other ligands, include ligands for an antibody.

D. Visualization Techniques

A number of techniques for visualizing or detecting labeled nucleic acids are readily available. Such techniques include, microscopy, arrays, Fluorometry, Light cyclers or other real time PCR machines, FACS analysis, scintillation counters, Phosphoimagers, Geiger counters, MRI, CAT, antibody-based detection methods (Westerns, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry), histochemical techniques, HPLC (Griffey et al., 1997), spectroscopy, capillary gel electrophoresis (Cummins et al., 1996), spectroscopy; mass spectroscopy; radiological techniques; and mass balance techniques.

When two or more differentially colored labels are employed, fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) techniques may be employed to characterize association of one or more nucleic acid. Furthermore, a person of ordinary skill in the art is well aware of ways of visualizing, identifying, and characterizing labeled nucleic acids, and accordingly, such protocols may be used as part of the invention. Examples of tools that may be used also include fluorescent microscopy, a BioAnalyzer, a plate reader, Storm (Molecular Dynamics), Array Scanner, FACS (fluorescent activated cell sorter), or any instrument that has the ability to excite and detect a fluorescent molecule.

VII. KITS

Any of the compositions described herein may be comprised in a kit. In a non-limiting example, reagents for isolating miRNA, labeling miRNA, and/or evaluating a miRNA population using an array, nucleic acid amplification, and/or hybridization can be included in a kit, as well reagents for preparation of samples from blood samples. The kit may further include reagents for creating or synthesizing miRNA probes. The kits will thus comprise, in suitable container means, an enzyme for labeling the miRNA by incorporating labeled nucleotide or unlabeled nucleotides that are subsequently labeled. In certain aspects, the kit can include amplification reagents. In other aspects, the kit may include various supports, such as glass, nylon, polymeric beads, and the like, and/or reagents for coupling any probes and/or target nucleic acids. It may also include one or more buffers, such as reaction buffer, labeling buffer, washing buffer, or a hybridization buffer, compounds for preparing the miRNA probes, and components for isolating miRNA. Other kits of the invention may include components for making a nucleic acid array comprising miRNA, and thus, may include, for example, a solid support.

Kits for implementing methods of the invention described herein are specifically contemplated. In some embodiments, there are kits for preparing miRNA for multi-labeling and kits for preparing miRNA probes and/or miRNA arrays. In these embodiments, kit comprise, in suitable container means, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or more of the following: (1) poly(A) polymerase; (2) unmodified nucleotides (G, A, T, C, and/or U); (3) a modified nucleotide (labeled or unlabeled); (4) poly(A) polymerase buffer; and, (5) at least one microfilter; (6) label that can be attached to a nucleotide; (7) at least one miRNA probe; (8) reaction buffer; (9) a miRNA array or components for making such an array; (10) acetic acid; (11) alcohol; (12) solutions for preparing, isolating, enriching, and purifying miRNAs or miRNA probes or arrays. Other reagents include those generally used for manipulating RNA, such as formamide, loading dye, ribonuclease inhibitors, and DNase.

In specific embodiments, kits of the invention include an array containing miRNA probes, as described in the application. An array may have probes corresponding to all known miRNAs of an organism or a particular tissue or organ in particular conditions, or to a subset of such probes. The subset of probes on arrays of the invention may be or include those identified as relevant to a particular diagnostic, therapeutic, or prognostic application. For example, the array may contain one or more probes that is indicative or suggestive of (1) a disease or condition (acute myeloid leukemia), (2) susceptibility or resistance to a particular drug or treatment; (3) susceptibility to toxicity from a drug or substance; (4) the stage of development or severity of a disease or condition (prognosis); and (5) genetic predisposition to a disease or condition.

For any kit embodiment, including an array, there can be nucleic acid molecules that contain or can be used to amplify a sequence that is a variant of, identical to or complementary to all or part of any of SEQ IDs described herein. In certain embodiments, a kit or array of the invention can contain one or more probes for the miRNAs identified by the SEQ IDs described herein. Any nucleic acid discussed above may be implemented as part of a kit.

The components of the kits may be packaged either in aqueous media or in lyophilized form. The container means of the kits will generally include at least one vial, test tube, flask, bottle, syringe or other container means, into which a component may be placed, and preferably, suitably aliquoted. Where there is more than one component in the kit (labeling reagent and label may be packaged together), the kit also will generally contain a second, third or other additional container into which the additional components may be separately placed. However, various combinations of components may be comprised in a vial. The kits of the present invention also will typically include a means for containing the nucleic acids, and any other reagent containers in close confinement for commercial sale. Such containers may include injection or blow molded plastic containers into which the desired vials are retained.

When the components of the kit are provided in one and/or more liquid solutions, the liquid solution is an aqueous solution, with a sterile aqueous solution being particularly preferred.

However, the components of the kit may be provided as dried powder(s). When reagents and/or components are provided as a dry powder, the powder can be reconstituted by the addition of a suitable solvent. It is envisioned that the solvent may also be provided in another container means. In some embodiments, labeling dyes are provided as a dried power. It is contemplated that 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 μg or at least or at most those amounts of dried dye are provided in kits of the invention. The dye may then be resuspended in any suitable solvent, such as DMSO.

Such kits may also include components that facilitate isolation of the labeled miRNA. It may also include components that preserve or maintain the miRNA or that protect against its degradation. Such components may be RNAse-free or protect against RNAses. Such kits generally will comprise, in suitable means, distinct containers for each individual reagent or solution.

A kit will also include instructions for employing the kit components as well the use of any other reagent not included in the kit. Instructions may include variations that can be implemented.

Kits of the invention may also include one or more of the following: Control RNA; nuclease-free water; RNase-free containers, such as 1.5 ml tubes; RNase-free elution tubes; PEG or dextran; ethanol; acetic acid; sodium acetate; ammonium acetate; guanidinium; detergent; nucleic acid size marker; RNase-free tube tips; and RNase or DNase inhibitors.

It is contemplated that such reagents are embodiments of kits of the invention. Such kits, however, are not limited to the particular items identified above and may include any reagent used for the manipulation or characterization of miRNA.

VIII. EXAMPLES

The following examples are included to demonstrate preferred embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the techniques disclosed in the examples which follow represent techniques discovered by the inventor to function well in the practice of the invention, and thus can be considered to constitute preferred modes for its practice. However, those of skill in the art should, in light of the present disclosure, appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific embodiments which are disclosed and still obtain a like or similar result without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Example 1 Gene Expression Analysis Following Transfection with HSA-miR-143

miRNAs are believed to regulate gene expression by binding to target mRNA transcripts and (1) initiating transcript degradation or (2) altering protein translation from the transcript. Translational regulation leading to an up or down change in protein expression may lead to changes in activity and expression of downstream gene products and genes that are in turn regulated by those proteins. These numerous regulatory effects may be revealed as changes in the global mRNA expression profile. Microarray gene expression analyses were performed to identify genes that are mis-regulated by hsa-miR-143 expression.

Synthetic Pre-miR-143 (Ambion) or two negative control miRNAs (pre-miR-NC1, Ambion cat. no. AM17110 and pre-miR-NC2, Ambion, cat. no. AM17111) were reverse transfected into quadruplicate samples of A549 cells for each of three time points. Cells were transfected using siPORT NeoFX (Ambion) according to the manufacturer's recommendations using the following parameters: 200,000 cells per well in a 6 well plate, 5.0 μl of NeoFX, 30 nM final concentration of miRNA in 2.5 ml. Cells were harvested at 4 h, 24 h, and 72 h post transfection. Total RNA was extracted using RNAqueous-4PCR (Ambion) according to the manufacturer's recommended protocol.

mRNA array analyses were performed by Asuragen Services (Austin, Tex.), according to the company's standard operating procedures. Using the MessageAmp™ II-96 aRNA Amplification Kit (Ambion, cat #1819) 2 μg of total RNA were used for target preparation and labeling with biotin. cRNA yields were quantified using an Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 capillary electrophoresis protocol. Labeled target was hybridized to Affymetrix mRNA arrays (Human HG-U133A 2.0 arrays) using the manufacturer's recommendations and the following parameters. Hybridizations were carried out at 45° C. for 16 hr in an Affymetrix Model 640 hybridization oven. Arrays were washed and stained on an Affymetrix FS450 Fluidics station, running the wash script Midi_euk2v3_(—)450. The arrays were scanned on a Affymetrix GeneChip Scanner 3000. Summaries of the image signal data, group mean values, p-values with significance flags, log ratios and gene annotations for every gene on the array were generated using the Affymetrix Statistical Algorithm MAS 5.0 (GCOS v1.3). Data were reported in a file (cabinet) containing the Affymetrix data and result files and in files (.cel) containing the primary image and processed cell intensities of the arrays. Data were normalized for the effect observed by the average of two negative control microRNA sequences and then were averaged together for presentation. A list of genes whose expression levels varied by at least 0.7 log₂ from the average negative control was assembled. Results of the microarray gene expression analysis are shown in Table 1 above.

Manipulation of the expression levels of the genes listed in Table 1 represents a potentially useful therapy for cancer and other diseases in which increased or reduced expression of hsa-miR-143 has a role in the disease.

Example 2 Cellular Pathways Affected by HSA-miR-143

The mis-regulation of gene expression by hsa-miR-143 (Table 1) affects many cellular pathways that represent potential therapeutic targets for the control of cancer and other diseases and disorders. The inventors determined the identity and nature of the cellular genetic pathways affected by the regulatory cascade induced by hsa-miR-143 expression. Cellular pathway analyses were performed using Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (Version 4.0, Ingenuity® Systems, Redwood City, Calif.). Alteration of a given pathway was determined by Fisher's Exact test (Fisher, 1922). The most significantly affected pathways following over-expression of hsa-miR-143 in A549 cells are shown in Table 2.

These data demonstrate that hsa-miR-143 directly or indirectly affects the expression of several, cellular proliferation-, development-, and cell growth-related genes and thus primarily affects functional pathways related to cellular growth, cellular development, and cell proliferation. Those cellular processes have integral roles in the development and progression of various cancers. Manipulation of the expression levels of genes in the cellular pathways shown in Table 2 represents a potentially useful therapy for cancer and other diseases in which increased or reduced expression of hsa-miR-143 has a role in the disease.

Example 3 Predicted Gene Targets of HSA-miR-143

Gene targets for binding of and regulation by hsa-miR-143 were predicted using the proprietary algorithm miRNATarget™ (Asuragen), which is an implementation of the method proposed by Krek et al. (2005). Predicted target genes are shown in Table 3.

The predicted gene targets that exhibited altered mRNA expression levels in human cancer cells, following transfection with pre-miR hsa-miR-143, are shown in Table 4.

The predicted gene targets of hsa-miR-143 whose mRNA expression levels are affected by hsa-miR-143 represent particularly useful candidates for cancer therapy and therapy of other diseases through manipulation of their expression levels.

Example 4 Cancer Related Gene Expression Altered by HSA-miR-143

Cell proliferation, survival, and growth pathways are commonly altered in tumors (Hanahan and Weinberg, 2000). The inventors have shown that hsa-miR-143 directly or indirectly regulates the transcripts of proteins that are critical in the regulation of these pathways. Many of these targets have inherent oncogenic or tumor suppressor activity. Hsa-miR-143 targets that have prognostic and/or therapeutic value for the treatment of various malignancies are shown in Table 5.

Hsa-miR-143 targeted cancer genes are regulators of the cell cycle, transcription, intracellular signaling, apoptosis and the thioredoxin redox pathway. Hsa-miR-143 regulates cell cycle progression by altering the expression of Wee1, the retinoblastoma-like 1 protein (RBL1) as well as the cyclins D1 and G1. RBL1, also known as p107, is a member of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein family that includes the pocket proteins p107, p130 and pRb. Similar to the pRb prototype, RBL1 interacts with the E2F family of transcription factors and blocks cell cycle progression and DNA replication (Sherr and McCormick, 2002). A subset of cancers show deregulated expression of RBL1 (Takimoto et al., 1998; Claudio et al., 2002; Wu et al., 2002; Ito et al., 2003). Transient transfection of hsa-miR-143 leads to a decrease in RBL1 mRNA levels which may suggest a proliferative function for hsa-miR-143. In contrast, negative regulation of cyclin D1 and positive regulation of cyclin G1 are indicators of a growth-inhibitory role for hsa-miR-143. Cyclins are co-factors of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and function in the progression of the cell cycle. Cyclin D1 is required for the transition from G1 into S phase and is overexpressed in numerous cancer types (Donnellan and Chetty, 1998). (Donnellan and Chetty, 1998). Hsa-miR-143 negatively regulates cyclin D1 expression and therefore might interfere with abnormal cell growth that depends on high levels of cyclin D1. In accordance, cyclin G1 has growth inhibitory activity and is upregulated by hsa-miR-143 (Zhao et al., 2003). Wee1 is a tyrosine kinase that functions as a mitotic inhibitor by phosphorylating the CDK1(cdc2)/cyclinB1 complex (Parker and Piwnica-Worms, 1992; McGowan and Russell, 1993). Lack of Wee1 expression in lung cancer is correlated with a higher proliferation index, a higher relapse rate and poor prognosis (Yoshida et al., 2004). Another hsa-miR-143 target is LMO-4 (LIM domain only 4), a zinc finger protein regulating transcription. LMO-4 is inherently oncogenic and inactivates the BRCA-1 tumor suppressor protein (breast cancer 1) (Sum et al., 2002; Sum et al., 2005). LMO-4 is frequently overexpressed in multiple cancer types and predicts poor outcome in breast cancer (Visvader et al., 2001; Mizunuma et al., 2003; Sum et al., 2005; Taniwaki et al., 2006). Accordingly, RNAi directed against LMO-4 leads to reduced breast cancer cell growth and migration (Sum et al., 2005). Our data indicate that hsa-miR-143 diminishes LMO-4 transcripts and therefore may intercept with the oncogenic properties of LMO-4.

Hsa-miR-143 also governs the expression of PDCD4, BCL2L1 and MCL1, all of which are functionally linked to the apoptotic pathway. Pdcd-4 (programmed cell death 4) is a tumor suppressor that is induced in response to apoptosis in normal cells. The growth inhibitory properties of Pdcd-4 are due to Pdcd-4 mediated inhibition of the c-Jun proto-oncoprotein, inhibition of cap-dependent mRNA translation and activation of the p21Waf1/Cip1 CDK inhibitor (Yang et al., 2003; Bitomsky et al., 2004; Goke et al., 2004). Pdcd-4 frequently shows reduced or lost expression in various human malignancies, such as gliomas, hepatocellular carcinomas, lung and renal cell carcinomas (Jansen et al., 2004; Zhang et al., 2006; Gao et al., 2007). Expression of Pdcd-4 interferes with skin carcinogenesis in a mouse model and suppresses growth of human colon carcinoma cells (Jansen et al., 2005; Yang et al., 2006). Loss of Pdcd-4 also correlates with lung tumor progression (Chen et al., 2003). Since hsa-miR-143 positively regulates Pdcd-4 expression, a hsa-miR-143 based therapy may reconstitute Pdcd-4 function. BCL2L1 and MCL1 are members of the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 (B cell lymphoma 2) gene family that give rise to two alternatively spliced gene products with opposing functions (Boise et al., 1993; Bae et al., 2000). The predominantly expressed protein encoded by BCL2L1 is Bcl-XL which—next to BCL-2—is a major inhibitor of programmed cell death. Overexpression of Bcl-XL is detected in numerous cancer types and correlates with tumor progression as well as poor survival (Manion and Hockenbery, 2003). Increased levels of Bcl-XL are also associated with resistance to chemo- and radiotherapy (Fesik, 2005). Transient transfection of hsa-miR-143 leads to a reduction of Bcl-XL transcripts and therefore might provide a therapeutic benefit to oncogenic cells with increased expression of Bcl-XL. Mcl-1 (myeloid leukemia 1) is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma, prostate cancer, testicular tumor, multiple myeloma and various leukemias [see refs in Table 5]. Similar to Bcl-XL, high levels of Mcl-1 is correlated with poor prognosis of patients with ovarian carcinoma and is indicative for leukemic relapse (Kaufmann et al., 1998; Shigemasa et al., 2002). RNA interference against Mcl-1 induces a therapeutic response in gastric and hepatocellular carcinoma cells (Schulze-Bergkamen et al., 2006; Zangemeister-Wittke and Huwiler, 2006).

Molecules regulated by hsa-miR-143 that function in intracellular signal transduction include the inflammatory interleukin 8 (IL-8), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) receptor 2 (TGFBR2) and A-kinase anchor protein 12 (AKAP12). IL-8 is frequently upregulated in various cancers and correlates with tumor vascularization, metastasis and poor prognosis (Rosenkilde and Schwartz, 2004; Sparmann and Bar-Sagi, 2004). TGFBR-2 forms a functional complex with TGFBR-1 and is the primary receptor for TGF-β (Massague et al., 2000). Central role of TGF-β is inhibition of cellular growth of numerous cell types, such as epithelial, endothelial, hematopoietic neural and mesenchymal cells. Many mammary and colorectal carcinomas with microsatellite instability harbor inactivating mutations of TGFBR-2, and therefore escape the growth-inhibitory function of TGF-β (Markowitz et al., 1995; Lucke et al., 2001). AKAP12, also referred to as gravin or SSeCKS (Src suppressed C kinase substrate), functions as a kinase scaffold protein that tethers the enzyme-substrate interaction (Nauert et al, 1997). Expression of AKAP12 interferes with oncogenic cell transformation induced by the Src or Jun. oncoproteins in vitro and is lost or reduced in numerous cancers, such as leukemia and carcinomas of the rectum, lung and stomach (Lin and Gelman, 1997; Cohen et al., 2001; Xia et al., 2001; Wikman et al., 2002; Boultwood et al., 2004; Choi et al., 2004; Mori et al., 2006). An apparent anti-oncogenic activity of AKAP12 in prostate and gastric cancers marks this protein as a putative tumor suppressor (Xia et al., 2001; Choi et al., 2004).

Based on the functions for most of these targets and how they are regulated by hsa-miR-143, hsa-miR-143 appears to have tumor suppressor potential. This view is supported by our observation that most cancers show reduced expression of miR-143. However, hsa-miR-143 also regulates gene expression in a manner that suggests a role for hsa-miR-143 in the development or progression of disease. For instance, hsa-miR-143 stimulates the expression of thioredoxin (TXN), a 12-kDa thiol reductase targeting various proteins and multiple pathways. Thioredoxin modulates the activity of transcription factors, induces the expression of angiogenic Hif-1α (hypoxia induced factor 1α) as well as VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and can act as a proliferative and anti-apoptotic agent (Marks, 2006). In accord, carcinomas of the lung, pancreas, cervix, and liver show increased levels of thioredoxin. Thioredoxin expression is also correlated with aggressive tumor growth, poor prognosis, and chemoresistance (Marks, 2006). Therefore, a hsa-miR-143 antagonist may have therapeutic potential in cancers that show altered expression of thioredoxin.

In summary and not intending to limit the invention by any particular theory, hsa-miR-143 governs the activity of proteins that are critical regulators of cell proliferation and survival. These targets are frequently deregulated in human cancer. Based on this review of the genes and related pathways that are regulated by miR-143, introduction of hsa-miR-143 or an anti-hsa-miR-143 into a variety of cancer cell types would likely result in a therapeutic response.

Example 5 Delivery of Synthetic HSA-miR-143 Inhibits Tumor Growth of Lung Cancer Cells in Mice

The inventors assessed the therapeutic activity of hsa-miR-143 in human lung cancer xenografts grown in immunodeficient mice. Hsa-miR-143 (Pre-miR™ microRNA Precursor Molecule; Ambion cat. no. AM17100) was delivered into A549 lung cancer cells via electroporation using the Gene Pulser Xcell™ (BioRad) with the following settings: 15×10⁶ cells with 5 μg miRNA in 200 μl OptiMEM (Invitrogen Corp., Carlsbad, Calif., USA), square wave pulse at 150 V for 10 ms. Electroporated cells (5×10⁶) were mixed with BD Matrigel™, (BD Biosciences; San Jose, Calif., USA; cat. no. 356237) in a 1:1 ratio and injected subcutaneously into the flank of female NOD/SCID mice (Charles River Laboratories, Inc.; Wilmington, Mass., USA). As a negative control, A549 cells were electroporated with negative control miRNA (NC; Pre-miR™ microRNA Precursor Molecule-Negative Control #2; Ambion cat. no. AM17111) as described above. To assess the anti-oncogenic activity of miR-143, a group of five animals was injected with A549 cells. NC-treated cells were injected into the opposite flank of the same animal to control for animal-to-animal variability. Once tumors reached a measurable size (9 days post injection), the length and width of tumors were determined every day until day 13 after xenograft implantation. Tumor volumes were calculated using the formula, Volume=(length X width X width)/2, in which the length is greater than the width. Tumor volumes derived from NC-treated cells and miR-143-treated cells were averaged and plotted over time (FIG. 1). Data points with p values less than 0.05 are indicated in the graph.

Administration of miR-143 into the A549 lung cancer cells inhibited tumor growth in vivo (FIG. 1). Cancer cells that received negative control miRNA developed more rapidly than cells treated with hsa-miR-143. These data suggest that hsa-miR-143 represents a particularly useful candidate in the treatment of lung cancer and potentially other diseases.

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1. A method of modulating gene expression in a cell comprising administering to the cell an amount of an isolated nucleic acid comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid sequence in an amount sufficient to modulate the expression of one or more genes identified in Table 1, 3, 4, or
 5. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is in a subject having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing a metabolic, an immunologic, an infectious, a cardiovascular, a digestive, an endocrine, an ocular, a genitourinary, a blood, a musculoskeletal, a nervous system, a congenital, a respiratory, a skin, or a cancerous disease or condition.
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 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the cancerous condition is astrocytoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, breast carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, bladder carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, glioma, glioblastoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, lung carcinoma, melanoma, medulloblastoma, mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, oligodendroglioma, oesophageal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, small cell lung carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, or testicular tumor, wherein the modulation of one or more gene is sufficient for a therapeutic response.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the cancerous condition is lung carcinoma.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein lung carcinoma is adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma or bronchioalveolar carcinoma.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the expression of a gene is up-regulated.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the expression of a gene is down-regulated.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is an endothelial, a mesothelial, an epithelial, a stromal, or a mucosal cell.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is a brain, a neuronal, a blood, an esophageal, a lung, a cardiovascular, a liver, a breast, a bone, a thyroid, a glandular, an adrenal, a pancreatic, a stomach, an intestinal, a kidney, a bladder, a prostate, a cervical, a uterine, an ovarian, a testicular, a splenic, a skin, a smooth muscle, a cardiac muscle, or a striated muscle cell.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is a cancer cell.
 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the cancer cell is a neuronal, glial, lung, liver, brain, breast, bladder, blood, leukemic, colon, endometrial, stomach, skin, ovarian, fat, bone, cervical, esophageal, pancreatic, prostate, kidney, testicular, intestinal, lymphoid, colorectal, or thyroid cell.
 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the isolated miR-143 nucleic acid is a recombinant nucleic acid. 14-18. (canceled)
 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the miR-143 nucleic acid is a synthetic nucleic acid.
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 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the miR-143 is a hsa-miR-143. 22-24. (canceled)
 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid is comprised in a pharmaceutical formulation.
 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the pharmaceutical formulation is a lipid composition.
 27. The method of claim 25 wherein the pharmaceutical formulation is a nanoparticle composition.
 28. The method of claim 25 wherein the pharmaceutical formulation consists of biocompatible and biodegradable molecules. 29-44. (canceled)
 45. A method of treating a patient diagnosed with or suspected of having or suspected of developing a pathological condition or disease related to a gene modulated by a miRNA comprising the steps of: (a) administering to the patient an amount of an isolated nucleic acid comprising a miR-143 nucleic acid sequence in an amount sufficient to modulate a cellular pathway or a physiologic pathway; and (b) administering a second therapy, wherein the modulation of the cellular pathway or physiologic pathway sensitizes the patient to the second therapy.
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 47. A method of selecting a miRNA to be administered to a subject with, suspected of having, or having a propensity for developing a pathological condition or disease comprising: (a) determining an expression profile of one or more genes selected from Table 1, 3, 4, or 5; (b) assessing the sensitivity of the subject to miRNA therapy based on the expression profile; and (c) selecting one or more miRNA based on the assessed sensitivity. 48-52. (canceled) 